HEAVY FLOODS

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume IX, Issue 1752, 12 October 1887, Page 2

HEAVY FLOODS

BLENHEIM UNDER WATER.

(PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

BLENHEIM, October 12. The town is now completely under water. A portion of the bank of Taylor river broke away by Sinclair's, which caused the flood to rise very quickly. The water was at eight o'clock last night in the Times office, nnd is still rising. It is impossible to get abont unless in boats or cabs. WELLINGTON, October 11. Steady rain set in on Sunday afternoon, and continued without intermission until noon to day, when it cleared up, but still remains threatening. The rainfall duriug 33 hours was 3£ inches in the city. No damage isr ported. Tho Hutt river rose rapidly, and the whole of the land adjacent to the banks was submerged, and it is probable a large area of pasture land will be ruined. A slip occurred on tbe Wellington - Masterton railway, which delayed communication for a few hours. Heavy rain was also experienced in tbe Wairarapa district, but no damage is reported. At Palmerston North 48 hours' Bteady rain has fallen, and the rivers and creeks are in flood. Tbe Manawatu River is very high, and the town is a good deal under water. At Woodville continuous heavy rains u«ave fallen for forty-eigbt hours. Tbe Mauawatu aud its tributaries are overflowing their banks and flooding the adjoining land for a considerable extent. Heavy slips nre reported in the Gorge, and on the Woodville-Master-ton road there is a stoppage of the coach traffic. The water ib washing across the railway at Maitaiwi, causing a subsidence ot the line. A telegram from Marton states that the railway traffic on the WanganuiPftlmerston line is completely stopped, a bliclge over the Makino river having collapsed and the approaches to the cylinder bridge near Karauki have been washed away. The rain started in the north on Thursday, and gradually worked down the East Coast, arriving in Wellington on Sunday afternoon and stopping at Kaikoura. FEILDING, October 11. It has been raining heavily here since Sunday. The rivers are flooded, and the lower part of the town submerged. The railway traffic has been stopped, all bridges over the Makino stream are washed away or damaged except the Manchester-street bridge. The railway station yards are under water. Some residents in Kinu-street had to be carried out of their houses to places on higher grounds, actual damage to private property is small, but the borough will suffer heavily in having to build bridges and make good damaged roads. The snow melting on the ranges J is the principal cause of the flood.