STORMY WEATHER.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 244, 8 July 1908, Page 8

STORMY WEATHER.

\>\l' . ; ' •• .2 ■ . •-' '. i.l : . , . ~ 10? -. .. •1. --. CALES AND RAIN. COACH OVERTURNED IN A FLOOD.' '. (BI TitEGW^H.—SpSfyAL'' Cq'BKESPONIiEOT.) V July 7. X somewhat 'sensat'ional experience jester* day befell ( Mr.' : . the Carterton-. Te mail coacii driver. -He left Cartertijn-early in the'morning with acoach and'four houses, carrying no passengers, but four bag's'of^mails^for ftne East Coast'. This' trip : ' over, l^heMamgaraki- Was .'.accomplished'* Ik'. ' / although'.. tHera ' was 'some c 'wJi|t •'heavy' going. 1 until Jackson's'-Crtek.reached,' _ , about.. a', mile from Te'Wharau."The cfeek is'some-what'-.awkwa^v'jtO/.'dnpS-'.-at any; time, but yesterday; itvt-at-' a!-; wild. • swirling torrent, Bwbllentwith ? Inef.feit'fem'ely'. Heavy'-rains' of . ■ Mr.Hood was . at' ; 'first ■ som®vfidtrf I 'diflident -. aibout' attempting the %ut : at', last he'decided, and' drove the .flood/water's at ; a good pace. that 1 'ttto ford' had been7tatyj' ".washed awa'jy'.and almost immediately'(h^^horses-we're'swim-ming, while : the-mdl"ebSch was partly submerged and .half 1 1 Mr.'.Hood stuck. j6>W'reins, arid urged his horses on :'with' :l Wfid. and ' gesture, but in: the'course, of tlfi'tJeft few /yards the. animals and 1 coach Weight' ifi;a vicious torrent, ' and tu'rned^biMetely' ■ over. _As he felt the cokch Hood jumped into' tho . stream,. and• afirf'la,'-hard battle' reached . the; : . The'.'struggling houses aid coach,.meanwhile, disappeared in the ra-grig stream, .and were washed down .afiQifc chains.' One hprsei a leader) brok&,jts .nejlf Jn> its effort's to' 'extricate itself f|p^'.,ifisJ,B)i|ar ) " but •.the others freed . help, of the driver, who had immediaftfyTraced to their assistance. jas smashed .to. pieces;., while the remaining bbtses' were considerably knocked' 1 ' about/.'■< ' -.Hood found, that three, ofptlife ma.jl whjcb,,from Cartei'tolipiibntaiped lost.' Ho' at once commenced a;«arch for the •• missing, propertyyiand ■ late ini ih^i.afterpoosi came iupdn.vtfiewarterioiy search was ;afc jabout 4 p.m. another* bagjiwas fishpd upi remaining bag is a'-pHyate -oae, owied' by Mr; .Kummer,.- and ati is. expected tsatt.it ■will ; ;be* found; to-moitow, ,wlj.en tho flood, waters , have - 'jsiii Ki /...To-diy's l '.'mails ' frdei'j brought into Cartertofi'"ori horstiback. - Mi. Hood- has, remained Behind; searoting'for. tfit lost-mail -bag. .> Bte*-.---- ' . Jackson's Greek 'aniTinenviable reputation for some years, and inlihe opinion 'of settlers requires bfJdgiDg - badljp • : ■ • ; ; '-WAIRAEAPA-RIVERS '•

. ' .The' torrential dolour" of;,yesWday and last night'. resulted;;^"'the'; whole Vof' the - :"\Yairarap'a "rivers offirflpwing'^thei;,'.banks and flooding the' The Ruamahanga' was 'abiut; three feet''(eep''fin the' Gladstone Road; labile boar Maitinbhrouglr it swept over:.the:. road.'■ to sjfcU' .'an extent that" the mail"coaclr'was mako-'the"return jourflfey from' Featheiston'.' Between Carterton atiiTGreytbWn the",Kau|i ga'tarera' was' and; flooded several Tarms: to a; depth ",cf sev'eVal.-feet. It valkoV washed across ;tm main road. By foHWtou ; s:.cir'cum'stanco tVii Waingawa' River,'•whM heretofore'haß'_be?n threatening the nbrtuern. end; rif.jtjw'bHdge,* • took ( a turn on' to S'outli' Bank,' and' conse-i quently the' road, for,'the-first'Hime for soitfe i years was not' by 'flood .waters: ; ■ \ At Dalefield a' latfe|- amount of country was under -'water; butVm* 'damage is reported * in the . Fcatherston 'district'. , Stock' were "mustered' yesterday.' ffflti; drfteil ,to the" highlands.:.There,';arp;.;)r v few'; apres of, 'crops reported to be datniged. on .the batiks,'of the -Ruamahanga, -but 'the; loss' is not considered. serious.. . .Rain ceascd at about midday to-day, .and the weather now is q\lito fine,'-but- told. . . ."A.HEAW FALLr- | V\<" (BT/TELEGEiPtt— pft%SS iSSOCUTIOS.y-' ; 1 7. i ■'■ The registered - rainfall in.tlie last, 24. houre waG 2.32 inches, eleven-.' points more than the total registered rainfall forjlast month. There -is a considerate.. snow on -the ranges, .wliick-Js melting-with fche rains, which are fairly, warm, ana-.this-will augment; tlie voliiipe of water,, nY- i tb.e,riyers.- • Eketahuna, July 7. '[-ifeiy lieavv rain fell. yesterday;and last 2.93 ■ points lefig; registered-for- 24 Hours 1 . Low-lying: country is. covered bj •.water'.-. ■ No . damago: has - been reported. There "3 were signs" of the .Weather clearing at midday. ' >■