EAST COAST FLOODS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3110, 14 June 1917, Page 6

EAST COAST FLOODS

THREE MEN MISSING

; HEAVY LOSSES OF STOCK v By Telegraph-Press Association. '•_ . Napier, June 13. the rain has almost ceased, though is still threatening. To-morrow railr men will attempt to sandbag tho uauent way between Napier and tings, and if conditions are suitable is may run on Friday. A change of \ has had the effect of lowering thfl 'considerably, but the water is still A southern mail was received from Qgs to-day, per motor lorry and \Tlie rainfall since Sunday is 10.3 Ifrom the country districts is still moult to get. In some parts stock jrere light, as'warning was given, others many thousands of sheep eh drowned. It will be some days Mails'ato available, ether over 100 persons were resr - boats within a radius of 15 miles •faplev, and some of the snips' ire still engaged iu the Work, are rumours of casualties, but 7 ha 3 been reported to the police hree farm, workers in tho Cliesteristrict have not been truced. Hastings, Juno 13. ough still ruining intermittently is a decided improvement in' the The wind has veered more 10- south. and - colder weather pre- . The total rainfall since Sunday .t (53 hours) was 9.94 inches. The ifall during the big flood in 1897 was i inches. The Hastings-Napier train rice is still suspended, and road traffic oked. Tho permanent way between actings and Napier has been scoured it in soveral places, but the bridges are hdaniaged. The-Post Office ingeniously got tho mail through, to Napier this mornin" partly by road and partly by trolley on the railway. This is the first mail connection between the two towns since early on Monday. The express for Wellington left* this morning to time-table time. In tho low-lying parts of Hastings residences are surrounded by water; mining tho gardens and causing general discomfort. . • ' Reports from the country are slow comin? in. The Ngaruroro River at FornhiU ha 3 fallen six feet. The Omaha district is still submerged. The river . overflowed its banks at Twvford .last night and flooded a considerable area of land. ■ Vory heavy losses of stock, aro reported from Moanes ond Pakowhai. In the j ™?T ono man ,ost 'between 2000 and 3000 sheep, another several hundreds, and one man 400. Thev renort tho water was higher than in 1897. The suddenness of the flood prevented the removal of stock. STILL STORMY AT GISBORNE. SERIOTJS-EFFECTS OF'BROKEN Water mains. ... Gisborne, Juno 13. A lair area of tho flats between Waerengaamka and Makauri was flooded last night,, but little damage done. There is a now flood to-night, however, which is ■worso than ever. Gisborne is entirely without water supply, and the borough authorities adviso residents that they must not use the sewerage system unless they can flush with tank water. Many people are entirely without any supplies,

and some business houses are badly affected, as they cannot use their gas engines There is a great demand for tanks. It will probably bo a fortnight before the water service is restored.

' Tho Arahura, which left Napier at 11.30 p.m. on Monday for Gisborne, has not yet arrived, but is believed to be in tho bay, which is obscured by squalls.' Something which may have been tho steamer was sighted momentarily this afternoon.'