THE FLOODS AT MOTUEKA.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 22 September 1911, Page 6

THE FLOODS AT MOTUEKA.

SOME EFFECTS IX TITK DISTR.IOT(From a Correspondent.) Now that tho-.flood waters have subsided, some idea of thv damage wrought in this (list rift can be formed. At Lower yfuitero. the now bridge, which was almost, completed, and which would in the ordinary course of events, have probably been open for traffic in a few weeks, has heen pi.-u-tically demolished, the centra] ■piles being scorned out. and the, whole , structure "knocked askew, in* result .-.? limbcT'brought down by the flood- j p-d river lodging against the piles and | suporstrue.l ure."" The b:idge will have , to bo rebuilt, and "the county's los* in 1 li,e matter is considerable. | At Whakarewa, part of the pro. ict-tive works conifiniiis; the Mofueha river. wer c washed away, and several' settlers in" that locality suffered heavily—"Mr Askew in particular, who lost the whole of his hop field, besides other damage. At. Riwaka the river flowed through adjacent Orchards in several places, lodging heavy tinnber and other debris therein, and doing considerable da. mace to fruit trees. iTowevcr, looking back at, it, and considering t'.ie relentless persistfnr.r of the downpour, the general opinion seems to.be that the district escaped wonderfully lightly, and that, g«me.r. ally speaking, we have cause fo> thankfulness that the loss was not, very much more serious and widespread.