1926 Flood. Westport.

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Description- Newmans service car, at St James Theatre corner
- Palmerston Street and Rintoul Street
- Flood time
- 1926

Westport
- A town in the West Coast region
- On the northern bank and at the mouth of the Buller River
- Close by the prominent headland of Cape Foulwind
- The town is thought to have been named after Westport, County Mayo in Ireland
- The choice of name was no doubt also guided by the town's locationDate of Photo1926Map^[1]External LinkNZ Historic Weather Events Catalogue.Madon Collections

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Location (city or town)WestportEventFlood

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Date Created20th May 2021CommentsDavid Nimmo
My grandmother’s treadle Singer sewing machine always had it’s lower drawers missing after it went through this flood when she lived in Adderley Street, Westport. She was Nell (Mary Ellen) Bradley (née Tull)

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1926 Flood. Westport.

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