THE LATEST.
THE RAIN CEASED.
FLOODS SUBSIDING,
Oamaru, this day.
The weather ha>s cleared up, and it is now tine, though eomewhat hot and
muggy. Tho country train service has been discontinued temporarily, owing to breaks in the line?.
It is impossible to estimate the damage done , by the floods till connection is restored.
The boach here is strewn with carcases of sheep, etc., destroyed in the Kakanui flood. Tho rivers are all falling rapidly and it ie hoped the main line train service will begin again this afternoon. DtJ.N'EDix, thie day. Tho weather has now clearod. There has been no rain since morning. The bridges at Maheno, Otepopo and Busby will be sufficiently repaired to allow tho express to get through to-night. All the trains between Dunedin and Chrietchurch resume running to-morrow, except on the Kurow branch, between Bortone and Hakateramea. The Dunback line is expected to bo ready for traffin to-morrow. To-day's train for Middlomarch is expeotcil to fret throngh without difficulty. The Ou::am branch io st.iii uiiuev water, and this morning that portion between Riverside and Glad field was submerged to a depth of 8 feet, the roof of Riverside Station being just visible. The water is still over the line between Owhiro and Henley River. The bank between Otakaia and Greytown gave way during the night. Tho coach with the mail, which left Milton for Mo.*giel last night, was unable to get through on account, of a break in tho ordinary road, an:i consequently communication by vehicle is , also cut o!J'to the south, and nothing can be done with this, portion of the line until the water subsides The lines at Clarkesville and Waitahuna wore cleared this morning for the trains to pass to and from Lawrence.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 33, 9 February 1892, Page 8
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