HUTT VALLEY FLOODS
LINE ENDANGERED HUTT RIVER EROSION RE-ALIGNMENT NECESSARY (By Telegraph.—Press Association) WELLINGTON, Wednesday Erosion by the Hutt River at a point just south of Belmont has endangered the main railway line, and it is being shifted back eight feet. Trouble began when the major flood had passed its height and the river was falling. The bank began to crumble about 4 a.m., the river taking a huge bite 20 yards across and six feet in, bringing the line three feet from a straight drop. Traffic was stopped, passengers on the 7 o’clock train being transferred. By 11 a.m. the track had been shifted back three feet and trains were passing, but at less than walking pace. The work in getting the track back is proceeding.
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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20987, 14 December 1939, Page 14
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127HUTT VALLEY FLOODS Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20987, 14 December 1939, Page 14
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