FLOODS IN NELSON.

Evening Post, Volume XLVI, Issue 21, 25 July 1893, Page 4

FLOODS IN NELSON.

IBt Tklicobaph.! (united phxsb association. l Nelson. 24th July. Reports from tho country districts shov that considerable damage was dono by Sun day's flood. Although the rain continued for only 17 hours the Wai-iti and Wairoo Rivers were in higher flood than they hart been for 25 years, and even insignificant little streams stuck up horsemen. The Motupiko and Motueka Rivers aro also heavily flooded, and a cart-bridge on the West Coast coach road, at the junction ol those rivers, has been damaged. One row of piles has been scoured out, and the deck of the bridge has sagged a foot. The approaches to the Foxhill oart-bridge were rendered unsafe, and the Brightwater bridge to Waimea West has its centre pier carried away. The bridge is hanging by bolts only, and will not carry a horse. On Sunday evening the approaches to these bridges could not be reached. Brigbtwater was like a lake. The rivers carried away some land, and a nnmber of sheep were drowned. At Spring Grove the water was 3ft deep, and at Richmond Railway Station the yard wax under water, and cows took refnge in the waiting-room. The railway men kept the culverts clear, and no damage has been done to the line, bat local bodieß will be put to large expense.