The Weather in Taranaki.
Phenomenal Rainfall. ■ £IOOO Damages. (Uy Telegraph.— Press Association.) Hawera, Monday. Friday and Saturday' 3 gale was experienced hero with full force, In twenty-four hours nearly six inches of rain fell. No very serious darnago was done in town, but in'the outlying districts great loss was occasioned, and the bridges over Bevoral rivers and streams are either partially or totally destroyed. The flood on the plain was tho heaviest on record, Tho damage amounts to n largo sum, Otakeho bridge was washed awjufc and tho estimated cost of ft One spau has been carricll away from Kupokonui bridgo on the Otakeho Bide, leaving a gap«chain wido between the bank and the portion of the bridge left standing, The damage in this district will probably oxeced £IOOO, At Koponga ten inches of rain fell in twenty-four hourß.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4366, 13 March 1893, Page 3
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139The Weather in Taranaki. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4366, 13 March 1893, Page 3
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