TOWNSHIP FLOODED.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 208, 3 September 1938, Page 7

TOWNSHIP FLOODED.

LITTLE RIVER AGAIN.

WATER LAPS AT DOORSTEPS. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, this day. The township at Little River was flooded by about 3ft of water this morning. At 10 o'clock the water rose at the rate of Gin in half a hour and it continued to rise throughout the morning as the heavy rain showed no sign of abating. At 11 o'clock the water was lapping the doorsteps of many houses, and' shopkeepers had taken the precaution of lifting their stocks from the floor level. All creeks in the district were heavily flooded, and further serious danger was threatened from Lake Forsyth, which was rising slowly. The greatest danger of further flooding was imminent, as heavy seas and a southerly stonn rapidly piled up a large shingle bank at the outlet to the lake. Horse teams were preparing to make their way to the outlet to remove the bank, but it was feared that the weather conditions would prevent the workmen from overcoming the danger. A biff slip on the main road made it impossible for traffic to pass, and it was expected it would be late this afternoon before the obstacle was removed. The extent of flooding in the district made it necessary for farmers to shift their stock to higher levels, but, with cold temperatures, heavy losses of lambs are expected. There was snow on the hill tops.

Some idea of the amount of rain that has fallen in the district is shown by the recording of 3.62 in for the 24 hours ended at 9 o'clock this morning.