THE GALE

Nelson Evening Mail, 4 August 1916, Page 5

THE GALE

HOUSE BLOWN DOWN AT SHANNON.

LUCKY ESCAPE OP INMATES.

(United Press Association.)

WELLINGTON, This Day,

Shannon faired in yesterday's gale. Portions of the. roof of a new house were 'blown off and landed 120 yards away. The occupant removed his family and a little later the house was blown off the piles and collapsed. Many trees were Mown down and about 30. chimneys levelled.

HEAVY GALE AT WANGANUI

WANGANUI, This Day.

Heavy south-easterly .gales continued: throughout the night". The Harbour Board's old dredge. valued at about £SOOO. moorod at Castlecliff wharf, sprang a leak at . o'clock this ■morning, and sank in 30 feet of water an hour later.

No great difficulty in refloating is anticipated.

MANAWATU R.IVEJB IN FLOOD. PALMERSTON N., This Day. There is a heavy .flood in the Manawatu river. The low-lying country is inundated, and the water is still rising. The Fox ton tiiain service is held up, the line being under water for a. distance of threequarters of a mile.

SLIGHT DAMAGE AT NAPIER,

NAPIER, This Day.

The storm is abating, the rivers falling. No serious damage is reported. The rainfall was four and a-half inches for the 48 hours.

MANY DISTRICTS UNDER WATER

HASTINGS, This Day.

A trip round the district disclosed more damage than at first anticipated. A large area between Okowai and Omahu is under water. Settlers in this -district report loss of stock, one man losing 400 arid another 200 sheep. Lots of fencing was washed away. A regular torrent poured through the houses at Okawa, and one family was rescued) on horseback.

The whole of Pokowhai is under water, in fact the outlook from the railwav between Hastings and Napier is one big lake. Road traffic between the two towns is impossible. Fortunately the -river mouths are not blocked, otherwise there would have been a most disastrous flood.

HEAVY STORM AT DARGAVILLE.

DARGAVILLE, This Day

The heaviest storm for twenty years raged yesterday. The low-lying ground was flooded. Several buildings were threatened with collapse, but no serious damage is yet reported.