Great Damage at Featherston
Flax l/lill Hands in Danger. By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent^ —'■'"" —hHH Feather'sion, Considerable damage has been dona to the roads and property by floods and heavy rain, The railway near Pigeon Bußh i 8 unsafe, owing to the damage done to colverts and bridges, and there are some slips on the Incline. On the Kimutaka road two bridges have been washed away, and in one place a portion of the road has disappeared, so tbat the mails will have to be brought on by pack horses, if they oome that way. It is reported that the flax mills of Messrs Bart, and Tringham, and MoKeozie, oa the bank of the Bna<
mahungn, liavo bepn flooded out, and boats have been sent to rescue tho mill hands. The latest information is that from Mr Bidwill'p, tho fuunol only of Mr Burt's mill could be Been with the aid of the telescope
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4366, 13 March 1893, Page 2
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152Great Damage at Featherston Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4366, 13 March 1893, Page 2
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