FLOODS IN LYTTELTON.
tor the last fortnight a heavy rain from the North hast has continued to pour down with, but little intermission, but more especially bo on Monday night/and luesday morninjr, causing jri-wit floods from the overflowing of ihe gullies, and stoppage of the numerous culverts under the roads ami houses in the Town commencing at Norwich Quay, near the foot of tl-c
: I Bridle j>nth befwfen tho Bank and Messrs. Miles' ■ : store. The flood from Bait's oully lias made n clean .;: s\y«>op of the roadway, leaving v chasm 20 feet in I witlih, lay bare llio foundation of tho bank, and ! inmsdat.iri£ tlm "interior uf fho building; further on ': down Norwich Quay, the culvert which runs from ; Mr. Bowler's section to the shore, became choked up, the wafer iicvuinulatiug until it was about ](> feet dcoj>, eonipleily undermining the sod wall, causing a large i |)oriion of the road-way to fall in the gully. At I Cameron's, brothers, and at the Canterbury"' Arms, great damage has heevi done to goods; the ■ i water coming in at the-backs of the houses, and ' J carrying every thing before it, besides seriously injuring the fbundiiiionsand road-wnys. In Oxford Street,' the chief sufferers by the flood, were the " Lyttclton'''' Times" OHice, Messrs. Childs, Ileeter and Deny; at the latter place it demolished , 2, chimneys, carrying . away a great many tools, also; iron-work prepared for i the Planet steamer. 2 pair of bellows damaged.' In' •■■'■• London Street the brick foundation of Messrs. Fox' and Co., butchers, Mr. Mason's store'/ Mr. Collier's, besides •'numerous -private houses, ore very 'much damaged; . nlso, the culvert near Salt's gully, and a great ponion of the road are carried awny, so that great difficulty is experienced in passing along. . n Tho prison ping have since been busily emp!bywV ! endeavouring to clear away the debris;' inU uiaiiY ,I months will elapse ere the road-whys are"in a fit state to boar the usual traffic. • -'•'■'.; C. W. Turner, Esq., the mniingcr' of tlv6 ! branches' ■ ; of the New South Wales. 13" Hik, arrived in the Lord -' ; ' Ashley, from Sydney; and will opcii a branch in Loh- : I don street,/brthwith. ■• :■. - i ■: = ».-■ •: ;u : i The* Lortl Ashley, Rtrived in the about :"; : 3 o'clock on Wednesday-afternoon, ohd 6n her Mnrn ' : ' ' from (Hugo, will leave with tho mails for-? ' Sydney, o/i the 7th, June '~• \\ s > ;., . ,;,',; , The Prince Alfred, was expected to leavo on v? Tor Otago and Melbourne. ..;,,V;, :'.. ;.■ ■;■'{ -h ,\.;h;j
FLOODS IN LYTTELTON.
Press, Volume 1, Issue 2, 1 June 1861, Page 5
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