THE STATE OF THE WATERS.D

Bruce Herald, Volume XI, Issue 1049, 4 October 1878, Page 4

THE STATE OF THE WATERS.D

THis of course was the absorbing topic of conversation from first to last, and as there may be doubts upon the matter, we hasten to publish the latest reliable intelligence. A representative of this paper entered the Police Building at Balclutha, at half-past 12 o'clock on Thursday forenoon, and by measurement ascertained that the floods were then 22£ inches lower than the highest point they had pre7ioußly reached. He again measured at & quarter to 6 o'clock ia the evening, and fouad them 23 inches lower, making a fall of half an inch in the interim. As rain set in last night with some heaviness it is to be feared thai; should the same prevail np-country another rise may be expected. A very good example of tbs height to which the waters rose is furnished by the ♦ Olutha Times ' office. The bed of the prnting machine, upon which a forme of type reits, is covered with silt. According to pretty acsurate records this makes the flood as being thee feet higher than that of 1866. The taal fall of the river from six o'clock on Wedneday until six o'clock on Thursday was eacfcly six inches.