THE WEATHER.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 9465, 14 July 1891, Page 5

THE WEATHER.

PHENOMENAL RAINFALL.; HEAVY SEA. [Special to Ptouss Association.] [Received July 13, at noon/j MELBOURNE, Jttlt 13. Tremendous rai'aa have fallen, throughout the Colony,.'*nd considerable damage is reported. Ihe -water rose at Toorak and Sjwth Yarra, a’dci in some instances families had to he; rescued in boats from theJaouses. Over a,hundred and fifty families have been rend bj ed homeless, at Richmond, and three hunt to ed and sixty persons were driven from tha ; *r residences at Toorak. The Fiemingtom racecourse is under water. An extensiveijportion of the Adelaide rai&vay line has i been washed away. M‘Cullochb foundry in' the city was undermined by flood watetyand the building collapsed. The damage is estimated at £SOOO. Bour and a half inches of rain fell in the»ojQ y since one oMock on Saturday morning.

A heavy sea is runnrag-along the coast* The school*er Narra wne- -wrecked at Sorrento, and Captain Lweaster and a sailor named Ecbertson wegfj drowned. The schooner Unity was driven ashore near Cape Schanck, but thewerew reached land in safety.. [E Bceived July 13, at 10.15 p.m.] SI DNEY, July 13. have fa'llen up-country, and Waggagia again inurwiated. Railway communion/ion with Melbourne is interrupted. MELBOURNE, July 13. It 2) estimated that there are nearly 40,000< people out o'^work in Victoria. All riverside labour was) stopped this morning, owirjj; to the floods. The factories on the Sou th side of the liver are submerged, and the -course of the< Tarra presents a scene of 'desolation for miles. Terrace after tei/race of houses on the South side, in Tfjorak, and further eastward, are completely submerged. ■ Whitney’s cartridge 'Victory has suffered severely. The floods are the most severe since 1863. The British India Company’s steamer Buncoora is ashore dose to where theJoseph Scammell was lost. She is in a dangerous position, but the crew are safe. [Peb Preek Association.] WELLINGTON. July 'l3. There was a remarkably severe frost last night, the thermometer being twelve degrees below freiezing point. Colds are unusually prevalent just now in consequence of the prevalence of fogs and frosts. DUNEDIN, July 13. The frost last night was the most severe experienced this season, and it continued in the shade during the whole day. This evening it is milder. The long continued drought has caused the suburban residents to be at their wits’ end for -water for household purposes.