TOWNS ISOLATED
PHENOMENAL RAIN 5.75 INCHES IN ONE DAY (By Telegraph.—Press Association) ASHBURTON, Wednesday As a result of rain that set in on Saturday night, being particularly heavy yesterday, the small townships of Stavely and Springburn, under the foothills, are isolated. At Springburn the total fall has been 8.55 inches, and at Stavely 9.47 inches, of which 5.77 inches fell yesterday—a record for one day since 1916. At Mayfield, a little lower down, water from Hinds River entered one or two houses. In the south-east portion of the borough of Ashburton some houses are isolated and gardens washed out. Pigs have been drowned and the loss of stock in the county may be high. Slight rain was still falling at mid-day today.
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Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21374, 19 March 1941, Page 6
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122TOWNS ISOLATED Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21374, 19 March 1941, Page 6
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