FLOODS AND SLIPS

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXV, Issue LXV, 17 December 1913, Page 7

FLOODS AND SLIPS

MARTON, Dec. 17

The continuous rain last night caused the creeks and drains in the neighborhood of Ma^ to overflow and early this morning the main streets -were impassable; One shop was four niches •deep►inwater -at Marton Junction and, in several low-lying backyards tltre "^as over five feet. On the Main Trunk-'ine hear Cliff Read a big slip came down, with ia 'estimated to be 20 feet deep and a •chain wide and will take eight hours to remove. 'A small slip is reported at Fordell and so far early trains have not arrived.

During the 24 hours to 9 o'clock this morning, the rainfall was 2.37 inohes, ti record. ,

FEILDING, Dee. 17. A furious gale with teavy rain raged all last night. Streams are flooded but no serious damage is reported. The long continued rain is delaying shearing arid general farming. /