RAIN AND FLOODS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15263, 29 March 1913, Page 7

RAIN AND FLOODS.

PpUTHMNI) TISITiTiON. RAILWAY WASHOUTS. 1 »RAIN SERVICES suspended.' : mi ; ■: pPEOPLE DRIVEN FROM HOMES " Pp ■/'' - v ' *; ' Brali* ' ' HEAVY LOSS OF STOCK FEARED. r v ' —. . ~ • |r. ■- " ~~ . - r :;;4. V' ; ' ■ |l|l [bT TlLKnura.— pbbss association.] MLv..-> • 'Gob*, "Friday. ' v ♦ • v • i v'l it has been raining heavily in this district | % for the last 24 • hours, lfcin having % Ift)*"- The rivers are all in high flood.. f At Lumsden the Oreti River ' over■J flowed and entered the town, causing the "*"■> highest flood there since the big flood of I 1878. 4 ' All tourist traffic to the Cold Lakes is cut : §% off. Three washouts on the railways between 'k% Lumsden and Kingston will, stop all H' trains. . All the sluicing companies have Hi stopped work, and . have been compelled 1 v* to turn the water out of the races. . it" Much of the . crop is still in the pad- , i docks, and the outlook for farmers is very V;;'' serious. ■ ; t • * ■'A report at 3 p.m. from Lamsden * i ' stated that the river was still'rising,' and iifp was then flowing through the lower part ||| J of the town. There was .no sign of the rain abating. Several horsemen, who managed to get f 1 through from M ©auburn, :■; report several ft ' washouts on the Mossburn line. Great p.' - joases of; stock are likely in; the low-lying country. Already dead sheep are coming If-'' down the river. ■; •/.; . ' :f ; '/ . a number of residences are partly sub' £ merged, and the occupants axe leaving for j . drier ground. , " Telegraphic communication ; with Te f Anau is suspended, the wires being down. |if.' The Waikaka train leaving Gore at 3.50 I" p.m. had to return, arriving at 6.46. It was impossible to geft past Maitland, : •••. owing to the floods. 1 There is some douot whetherjths express iq- - > from' Dunedin can get through to-night, . there being washouts on the line between I " Goto and Pukerau. - U It is still raining, and the Mataura jP River is! rising. ■ ■. ■ ■■■'.'i'-y V-i,- OOWHPOU& AT XOUHT COOK. . ' . • : v ;• v i -'"' |ft§ ' ' r . • P' ABANDONING THE HERMITAGE. n * ' ' : [ax ixumiupa.—PRESS association.] fx: Tijcartj, Friday. HP The Mount Cook , Hermitage reports a §f:> " bigger flood than that of January, lOin C *of rain having fallen in 22 hoars; the gauge i - then 7 becoming submerged. The hostel V; was T invaded by - water, and ; the tourists were preparing ,to ' take to tents on higher . ground. , ' V ' >-!* One car bridge ii gone and the road is -••• | 1 impassable. Generally, ; the • flood > ■ comes «• from ; the r Mueller Glacier, through a gap in the old %: 'side moraine, and this time huge pieces "i'\ :V <H. ice are' coming away, with boulders. ? ; Steady rain has been falling in Timaru £ v since 3 p.m. Fairlie and Mackenzie CounV'' ties report heavyfand rain. ■' : •■ ■ ■ SZVXBS Bianco rapidly. ill '' ■ ■ ■ . ■ ■ ■ P« 'OOTIi6OK . VERY tprotOMisma VkjfcefcWiß'SlWA<r V . "r>' rt' I ' , ..pSX Ts!XllbjlAPH.-—-VREBS ASSOCIATION.] 7 . . : . DuNxnm, Friday. Heavy rain has been experienced ii Cen- ' txal Otago, jas the result of which rivers ,• - are rising rapidly. * At Cromwell the river is as high as during -the flood in October -last, and ad- - ■« /vices effect that there"is every $:■ ' '■ indication of a * heavy : flood' at Alexandra. - This aftornodn the river rose 2ft? in two * • hours. ' — ■* , , I- ' Heavy rain has also . been" falling in - Dunedin. *„' v '<'.r •' '. z'-' :