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Kendal
"House in water: Section of the three-apartment house at Kendal from which 72-year old Violet Morrison and her family were forced to flee because of flooding. According to Mrs. Morrison "we only glad it wasn't in the night." "
Highway construction
Bridge construction taking place along the highway by Manchester.
Gut River, Manchester
Thatch roofed cottages and a zinc roofed shop with a front veranda.
Great house owned by the late George Wedd
"Overlooking the reserve is this great house which was owned, together with the outre park, by the late George Wedd."
Content in Manchester
"Moving out: A woman and her family move out of Content in Manchester after the area was ravaged by floods earlier this week."
Central Manchester
"After the flood: this is how the inside of many homes in Central Manchester looked after recent flood waters subsided, many people lost most of their furniture and clothing."
Cedar Grove, Manchester
"Death scene: Cedar Grove residents around the pond where Berrisford Choy and Clinton Townsend lost their lives. Berris had jumped from the green bamboo raft (left of pond) to save Clinton who was going to join the raft."
Cedar Grove in Manchester
"Death yard: Relatives and friends at the home of Berrisford Choy who drowned in a pond with Clinton Townsend at Cedar Grove, Manchester."
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Lacovia, Bamboo Walk
Dirt road lined with bamboo trees on both sides. The area, between Middle Quarters and Lacovia, is known as Bamboo Avenue today.