FLOOD LESS LIKELY

Evening Star, Issue 21714, 8 May 1934, Page 6

FLOOD LESS LIKELY

SITUATION EASIER AT LITTLE RIVER DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT *2S,DOS [Per United Press Association.] CHRISTCHURCH, May 8. To-day Little River appears to have escaped the prospect of another flooding. The rain has eased off, and Lake Forsyth, which_ rose threateningly last night, has subsided. At the same time the danger has by no means passed. Service cars cannot get through, as there is 12ft of water oh the road near Caton’s Bay, but the railway service has been resumed. The total flood damage on Banks Peninsula is estimated at £25,000, including the cost of new bridges, new, culverts, repairs to roads and fences, and damage to farms which have been stripped of fertile soil. In addition there is the railway damage. Local bodies are faced with a serious problem in restoring communication, and will need to raise a largo sum of money promptly. RAILWAY SERVICE RESUMED TEMPORARY TRACK OVER MOD DEPOSIT The railway service to Little River was resumed to-day. It will be soma days, however, before the service is running more or less to time-table. A 1 breakdown train and an extra large gang of men are now stationed at Little River clearing the line of the tons of debris and putting down a temporary track where necessary. Six feet of silt and stones covered the tracks at Little River station, and temporary, rails have been laid over this stretch. “We are faced with a long and costly, job,” said a railway official this morning, when asked to estimate the probable cost of the flood damage to the line.