IN THE WOOD.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 14 March 1910, Page 6

IN THE WOOD.

STBEETS UNDER WATER,

BOATS IN THE HIGHWAY

PRECAUTIONS AtIAIXST THE

WORST

REMOVAL TO HIGHER LAND.

BY CAB AND BOAT.

CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE PROBABLE.

it was in tlie Wood that lionseblJ ts had most reason to remember tin aigh tide. From Trafalgar Park l« rhe end of the city boundary on tin Wakapuaka Road was one sheet •>! water. It will give the best idea n: 'he distance the sen encroached U state that a rowing boat was able t< reach as far up (Jollingwood-street a Cambria-street.

Wainui-street was completely euh merged, and Weka-street wa s swejv from east to west. The water ente)d some of the houses in Weka-str.vt md it was also stated that one or twr buildings had been lifted off their form iations; but this information was no verified.

All the premises in Carabria-strnn 'iad more or less water in the bad '.T'ds.

Residenls of Collingwood-strcvi North had an anxious time, though w ( vlieve that the damage will be al •tutside.

The Wakapuaka Road at the Citj boundary was under water to a '.•'•_:) iderable depth, and the houses on the anrth side of. the road were surrouu 1•d; buf the water did not reach high •nnugh to enter the dwellings. li Ins locality a man was swimininr t'onsr the main street, an incident thai vil| give an idea of the depth. Residents who live in the Wood •"'"* esneciallv ftiose in Weka an< 7 Wainui-streets. hurried from work a. l -"on as they knew of the seriousness>f the position. Families wove rl- - from the houses in cabs and boats, and taken further inland, ir irder to be prepared for anythin

worse happening. Before 11..-". though it was not then hi.gh lide, U ; < water began to recede, and the worst of the danger w;is over. A blind street oil' Halifax-street had n very bad lime. The water here surrounded the houses to a great depth, mid reached right up lo Mali' fax-street.

A tremendous lot of debris has Iv?™ deposited in Halifax-street and m tht Wood-streets. The lip contributed ■■ fine lot of tin cans. etc.. the fide b'.tvin|T these strewn about the roadway Gardens have suffered ami in an v of them have boon quite ruinei. The loss in (his way will be considerable in several case's. A large nam* b, ]■ of fowls liave been dmwued. Tt is feared that considerable damage has been done to the drainage work? in Waimii-street.