GALE AND FLOODS.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 181, 16 July 1912, Page 5

GALE AND FLOODS.

CLOUDBURST IN THE STATES. (Received 16, 11.30 a.m.) New York, July 15. At I)env/*r 500 people are homeless and several deaths have resulted from a cloudburst flooding the entire city nt Providence, Rhode Island. DISASTER IN MEXICO. Mexico City, July 15Through cloudbursts and floods. 200 persons were killed in Guamajoto State, and the cities of Salamanca. and Celaya were destroyed. < Starvation is facing thousands. A property valued at §20,000,000 xvas xviped out in the Santiago valley. SHIPPING DISORGANISED AT SYDNEY. (Received 10. 10.45 a.m.) Sydney. July 16. Many vessels are delayed owing to the rough weather. The Victoria Government dredge is 193 days out. The Rotterdam, xvhich has-put into licit for shelter, narrowly escaped swamping. AIAHENO DELAYED AT AUCKLAND. Auckland, July 16. very heavy gale last night delayed the departure of the Maheno for Sydney from 11.5 till 1 a.m. The wind xvas so strong that the vessel aft'*r leaving her berth at Queen street wharf xvas carried up the Harbour and might have gone aground had not a line been got ashore at Hobson street xx-harf. On the gale moderating she backed out and steamed doxvn tire harbour. A BLOW AT NELSON. A south-east gale, the worst for some years, xvas experienced nt Nelson last night. During the height of the blow a small tower on the Methodist Church xvas demolished, trees uprooted, and much damage done to fencing. FLOODS IN CANTERBURY. THE OUTLOOK SERIOUS. Christchurch. July 15. | On Saturday and yesterday the! floods dropped steadily in the Kaia-1 poi, Rangiora. and Ashley districts.; but last night a cold, heax-y rain set i in again, so that this morning it I fccmcd certain that 'matters would | he worse than before should the. doxx-npour continue. j The water still lies so deeply! about Flaxton, Southbrook and! Kaiapoi that no fair estimate of the! damage can be arrived at. i The Land about Rang’oia is well; drained for the most part, but srv- ] oral small farms about Loburn are’ said to hate had their crops washed ; out of the around. i The footbridge on the mam road, across the Makirikiri. a flimsy affair, is broken doxvn. The Grey and Karaki streams are| in flood, bm arc passable b.x horses. The Okuktt is also in heavy flood, and as ilm bridge fmrciss it has been sxvcpt avay several lirmc'tcads are isolated. i One of the features of the flood m that all the streams named hate' changid tlieir couises. though still running in their usual beds. The Ashiex' to-day 'ernmd nmrli lower than on Saturday. BAD LEATHER CONTINUES. Christchurch. July 16. The wratlier continues to be cx-ti-inieh bad. It xva - raining xcster da;, and is raining to-day. ami the rivers are again Ugh. There li-’-' been a heavy snowfall in the bac-c j country and sr.ow bes over the high country to the north. Tin- telegraph; lint s arc inti i i i:ptcd.

THE WEATHER AT WANGANUI. LAND SLIDES ON THE RIVER BANKS. Wanganui. July 16. Continued denudation of the bush hillside adjoining Wanganui .’veiled to a large landslide on Sundax. just below Atene. Tlie earth on one hillside, soaked by rains and without busit to hold it. slipped into Unriver and xvas piled up in the water to such an extent as to leach more than half-xvay across. It was fit st thought tlie obstruction would block the steamer service, but the fear was groundless, though great care had to be exercised in making the passage through the narrow lane which the swift running water left. Fortunately the river has already commenced to scour the debris a wax' and the obstruction is not likely to be perinan.eut. A large number of slips are reported on the lullsides. In the back country, the roads are in a terrible state. Ahua Ahua road in particular, max’ sections having slipped away.