A WHOLE TOWNSHIP FLOODED.

Marlborough Express, Volume XL, Issue 13, 16 January 1907, Page 2

A WHOLE TOWNSHIP FLOODED.

NARROW ESCAPE OF'RESIDENTS.

AUCKLAND, Jan. 16. Floods continue to do much damage. The Auckland and Waikato farmers appear to have suffered most. The rain is abating in most places. No : loss of life is reported; Fears are entertained for the safety of the bridge over the Horahora rapids above Cambridge. Lower down the river has overflowed its banks, and several houses have two or,.three feet of water above their floors. ; : s

At Huntley large numbers of houses are partially under watei-, and horsemen and others between Ngaruawahia and Huntley are finding it impossible to ford some of the -roads,, which have been converted into creeks. Beyond Huntlejj a much-worse state of affairs prevails, and the line is> getting. jin-, & highly dangerous condition.- ~. The Pokenb bridge is Tinder' water, and all communication is likely.: to be suspended. ...... Some farmers' losses are heavy, and worse is feared.

At Waiuku the country-side is flooded, and many settlers liave been rescued from their homes in boats. Still worse .has been the experience at Otorohanga, where the whole township is under water.. One family "was rescued with extreme difficulty when the water was rapidly rising, and the house threatened to leave its; blocks. A large number of residents have been compelled to leave their homes, and, unless the rain.stops, residents will have to.desert the town and take to the lulls. . .