MANAWATU RIVER IN FLOOD.

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

MANAWATU RIVER IN FLOOD.

LOWER GORGE ißlllDGk. DAMAGED. -.4 (Br. TELEanAI'H—PRESS ASSOCIATIONO; ■ - ~• . - palmerston North, July ".- ■Tho Msnawatu. iiV heavy ■ flood, the water at Fitzherbei-tPßndge'bewg witbm three feeV. of the highest flood-water mark, but no serious damage,'or loss "hds been reported; • The. rain ceasedlfor all thotmoriiing, but commenced again . this' afternoon. ■ . , • ■ •. « itc-'-v Tha flood in tlio Mbn.rwatu Bivcr...haß washed away sis spans of> tho staging- of ;tlie new Lower Gorge Bridgeil in, course of, erection. Thisvrepresents oi,4()ss ; 'of hundreds of < poundsto tho con tractor. • ; '.v ■'.■:/' . 'ViVotfville, Julj 7'] ■ Heavy riin been' falling for tho past -forty-eight hours;,'&nd. tlio rivers are now 'm high flood. 1 ' -Settlers; along the v Mauawatu 'had plenty of warning, aj»Tso' saVejfall their stock.. ' / : Tho Mangaatua is very <high, runimig soma feet deep over tho Masjcrton rpad. No damage is reported a'orctY '•••'•' . . 'Tho [wind has shifted : round-' who west, and tho weather will probably clear. / , HEAVY RAINFALL IN A R lJ|ti ROUCR Julv Tliero has been heavy ijainfaljcierc. during the laßt twenty-four hours, 2,3 .inches, having fallen. ' For the period previous to that, Sisty 'points fell. Other Rart§ o ',of ~the.: :d !s-trict trict had. very heavy faljs, also; Tho rivpre are high. - ' '- i' ■ : „ ' . Press' Association, telegrams", report- floods and snow, storms in Canterbury' and Otago, and a very heavy galo:Ul thb Auckland district.. • ' V :'" v * • ■' ' if : .«ii •• . .v.