SUDDEN FLOOD

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23027, 3 May 1938, Page 10

SUDDEN FLOOD

WHANGARET SUFFERS § LOW AREAS INUNDATED WATER ENTERS BEILDIXGS ROAD TRAFFIC DELAYED. fBT TELEGRAPH —OWS CCTtIESIWrrEcq WHANG ABEL MasAzj The 10-ar-Sjins part of Wfcanjarei was flooded late risk afternoon zs & resaft of 2 fall o? 4:n. of cSaaing tha da j. ;

The erects rose rapidly and "sc-sie? entered a number of residence; and business preraise®. including the Wha-ng2rt-i dairy factory in the lower end of the town, and a section c? the railway yards were Sooded. L;tt!e damage ..was done- in the other section of Whanga* rei.

Farmer* did not hare time to remove their stock from low-lying paddocks. and a small loss of cattle ha® been reported. ' In various areas the roads were Sooded and traffic was Acid up for a period. %

The peak cf the Hood was reached about 4.30 p.m. The tide was dead low about this time, otherwise "the food would bare been more serious. The creeks feil as rapidly as they had ri^en. Heavy rain fell again to-night and once more Hooding was experienced. At full tide at 10 o'clock the road near the town wharf was covered, and the owners of pleasure vessels were busy securing their craft. From the latest reports it is probable that a number of the roads wiJi b« closed to traffic to-morrow morning.