SECOND FLOOD

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23020, 23 April 1938, Page 12

SECOND FLOOD

POHANGINA TOWNSHIP

TORRENTS OVER PADDOCKS SILT DEPOSITED ON LANDS [by TELEGRAPH —FRESS ASSOCIATION] PALMERSTOX NORTH, Friday Not within the history of the Pohangina township has there been a flood like that which yesterday afternoon swept from the near by hills and, racing toward tho broad river flats of the valley below, formed torrents across paddocks and a minor river past the County Council offices, threatened the main road and deposited silt over a large area in the northern part of the settlement.

Rising relatively suddenly as the waters gathered weight on meeting in tho main channels from the hillsides, tho. flood reached record dimensions and proved far worse in Pohangina itself than that which only last Friday night and Saturday morning wrought no much damage on the Te Awa and Coulter's Line roads.

"1 have lived here for 40 years and have never seen anything like, it," said Mrs. E. J. Wildbore, in looking at the expanse of silt covering a section of her property. Others who have lived in the locality for similar periods averred that it was the worst flood which lind been experienced there since the jottli!lnont of the township. With the phenomenal fall of the previous Friday night the county engineer had to cancel his holiday and return to undertake measures for the restoration of road communication.

A Government grant is being sought for assistance in repairing the damage on the Te Awa Koad, and the engineer said that he would estimate the total damage at £2OOO. In the case of. the Te Awa Koad bridge, a new structure would be required.