FLOODS IN CANTERBURY.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVII, Issue 4354, 29 July 1871, Page 3

FLOODS IN CANTERBURY.

The v^jtat wet weather experienced in Auckland lately has been general throughout the colony. Canterbury has been visited with floods. The Fress says :—": — " The sudden change on Tuesday last in the weather, from the freezing cold of winter to a warm nor'wester of summer, has, as usual, produced a heavy fresh in <tll the snow rivers of the province. The river flooded several of the streets in Kaiapoi, and did some slight damage to some of the stores on the bankof the river, but nothing worth mentioning. Charles, Jones, and Raven-streets were partly flooded, and Messrs. Feldwick and Carston's stores were both under water. The state of affairs, however, on the land bordering on the south branch was very different. The flood seems all to have come down this branch, and the consequence ia that a portion of the island and a large tract of land on the south side of the river have been seriously flooded. From what we can learn, the whole of • the road from near Treleaven's to a point a mile and a-half beyond White's bridge was last evening under water. It was with the utmost difficulty the Leithfield coach succeeded in coming through, and had it not been for the very careful driving of Mr. Lee some accident might have happened, as more than once the leaders of his team were actually swimming. The flood was deepest near Chaneys corner, at whioh point we understand the fences on each side of the road were nearly completely covered with water. The river was almost up to the planking at White's bridge, and was within 3ft. of the capsils of the railway bridge. As a matter of course all traffic on the North Road wai suspended yesterday afternoon. The Kaiapoi coach, which leaves Christchurch at three, proceeded as far as Treleaven's, and returned to town again. At i a late hour last evening we learned from Kaiapoi that the flood was gradually subsiding." A correspondent -of the same journal says that he felt a shock of earthquake during the storm on Tuesday.