HEAVY THUNDERSTORM.
Ykstkkday aftfonnon, botweon two and three o clock, tho wholo of tho Waiknto was visited by one of tjie heaviest tinmderatoVtns \ye have experienced lor many years. The rain poured down in torrents, and tho low-lying lands around Hamilton were Completely covered with water, and considerable damage done to gardona. Tho culverts were taxed to thoir utmost, und in Hever.iY places the rush of water was ho great that it overflowed the streets. The necessity for 1 someTraoro effecient drainage of th<r~ Victoria-street 1 " block was inado very apparent. *
A telegram received from Paeroa ptates that the heaviest fresh that has fcerti experienced for some years camo down the OhiriemuH river yesterday, and th*t tjiere ;\vaa quite a jam of logs at Hikukaia.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2229, 21 October 1886, Page 2
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125HEAVY THUNDERSTORM. Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2229, 21 October 1886, Page 2
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