MANCHESTER CANAL.
(by EUicnnc Tr.i.KuiiAi'n.— copyright.) London, July l.'J. An embankment e.ont-lining ten million tons of masonry .and timber has broken down and blocked tho Manchester Ship Canal.
The collapse of the Manchester canal embankment was due to a, heavy tide in the Mersey, which forced the water behind an uncompleted work and forced it down. The construction of (lie canal will be furl her delayed by this untoward accident.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2965, 16 July 1891, Page 2
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70MANCHESTER CANAL. Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2965, 16 July 1891, Page 2
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