GARAGE UNDERMINED.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19675, 19 July 1929, Page 13

GARAGE UNDERMINED.

FIVE CARS FALL INTO RIVER. DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT £2500. Early yesterday morning damage estimated at £2500 was done to the stock and property owned by Morrison Bros., Geraldine, by the flooded waters of the Waihi river. The river gradually undermined the bank on which stood & large iron building which is used as a garage, workshop, and storehouse. The floor suddenly collapsed into the river, taking with it five motor-vehicles, together with a large quantity of tools and garage equipment. Several tons of coal stored in an adjoining building also disappeared. Three of the motor-vehicles—a new Morris Minor car, a truck, and a Delagc touring car—were uninsured, and owned by Morrison Bros., and the remaining two were Morris Cowley motor-ears, the property of Messrs W. "Williamson and G. N. Fielden, of Geraldine. Three of the care have been located at a spot about a mile and a half down the river, but it is impossible to estimate the extent to which they are damaged. The jiver is still undermining the bank, and half the width of the building for a distance of about two chains is suspended over the water. If the flood continues to rise the whole structure will collapse and be swept away. Residents of Raukapuka are compelled to make a detour over the main trafße bridge, as both the footbridges are impassable, one having been completely washed away, and the other being completely surrounded by water. The protective works which have been placed along the south bank have been unable to withstand the rush of water, with a result that the river has overflowed its banks and flooded the road and the surrounding fields. WAIMATE. The rainfall in various parts erf the | Waimate district varies from three to over four inches for the period commencing Monday. All creeks are jn flood. The County Council has issued a warning against using the main North road at Pareora bridge, owing to flood damage, also BrassiU's bridge , across the Upper Pareora and _ tinStation Peak road between « alh f," ! Downs and Knrow. Rain is still tan ing, though it is easing somewhat. J