A truck loaded with hay bales to keep them out of the floodwaters. One of the men is Norm Terry. The truck was owned by a local carrier firm by the name of J.W. Cooksley. The 1953 Rangiotu flood was one of the largest floods for the Oroua River on record.
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- Date
- February 1953
- Digitisation ID
- 2014P_IMCA-DigitalMaster_009479
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- IMCA Digital Archive
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- J Moore
- Place
- Rangiotu, Manawatū
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