THE WEATHER ELSEWHERE.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 10589, 20 April 1897, Page 3

THE WEATHER ELSEWHERE.

[BY TELE3RAPH,] Wellington, Monday. O;i tho weather improving tho steamers Anglian and others which weva weather bonnd resumed their voynges this morn- ' Ing, aud those which had' baen sheltering • from the etorm are nrrivhig. Railway communication beiweeu Palmerßton and Wanganui is interrupted through the destruction o| the Rangitlkei bridge, and a concb service is bting arranged. The Munawatn Company's line and the Walraiapa Una sustained some damage, but train Bervlce oan be carried on, The sreatnerß Ouiapore and Herald, coal laden from the West Coast, had rough passages oros-nlag tho Strait. The latter sustained somo damage through a lifebout breaking adrift in a terrlttb sea, Io the Wairarapa and Maua«atudlßtricta the weitber hao bevn sever?, ond the roadj and bridges suffered to aomj extent. Abnut noon to-d'iy the weather cleared beautifully One and reraiiced so. The holldayu generally lmvo b.;ju npollt, Newti of the Hunker Bciy ilood, attended with the sad loss of life, has cast a gloom over the city. Whi'o at sea Q Connor, chief stowaid of the Penguin, had his oollarbane broken by belog thrown on the deok. Charles Holland, second conk of the Mahinapua, had one of his legs broken on the voyage from New Plymouth, The Talune waa 34 hours on the passage from Lyttelton to Wellington. Feilding, Saturday. The reoent heavy rain onlmlnated last evening iv probably the heaviest Hood ever experienced In the Oroua river, resulting lv bridges on the FeildiogABhurflt- road and railway and mad bridge 9 at Aorangl suffering eerloua damage. Two of the latter have each lost two spans, besides tbe approach an the Felldtng side oi the river, leaving gaps of about two chains. At the former the river left the bildge high nnd dry, washing away about five ohalua of the toad en the Feilding side, where the main stream now la. Keporte of damage coutlnne to oome in from various localities. Oppeslte Blrmloßham, 19 miles north of Felldlnp, Mr G. Ball's residence was washed away, also Mr J. A, Billey's. 'The damage will amount to several thousand ponnds. Paimeeston North, Saturday. Very severe weather was experienced here yesterday. The rlverß In the district were In high flood. No damage immediately around Pa'merston is reports^. A waßh-ont near No. 1 tnqn?| Ju the Gorge occurred this morning. An effort la belnfj made by bhe Railway Department) to tranship passengers from quo train to another, Nelson, Monday. Yesterday and to-day have been perfect days, not a olond to be neon, and In consequence tha town haß been quite empty to»day. A ooneiderable number went acroßs the bay to Motneka and an unusually large numbei of shooting parties are out, Christchukch, Saturday. Wintry weather prevails today, intermittent showers falling and a strong southwest wind blowing. Dunedin, Monday, The weather was again lovelyjjfor the holidays, and large numbers Uf 0 town on excursions and to the Talerl races. Two young men— J.amos Altken, oj Paradisß Lake, and E. W. Watklns, of Dunedin— were drowned yesterday by tbe capsizing of d boat on Lake Keen, at the head of Like Wakitlpu,