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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume XII, Issue 1288, 5 December 1857, Page 3

We regret to learn that a great deal of damage has been done by the storm on Tuesday on the roads in the districts near Wellington. The bridges at Kaiwarra and Ngahuranga have been rendered impassable, and the mills at both places have been much damaged by the sudden rush of water. The new road from Ngahuranga to the Porirua Road has been broken up by the sudden rise of the stream, all the bridges across the streams on this road have been seriously injured, several trees have fallen across the road, and we understand it will require a considerable outlay to make good the damage that has been occasioned. The Taua flat on the Porirua road near the harbour was flooded and the settlers living there have sustained considerable loss in pigs and poultry. Several heavy slips have occurred on the road from Wellington to Petoni which have rendered the road impassable for carts. The bridge at the Kero Koro has also been much damaged. There was a very heavy flood at the Hutt winch has occasioned very serious damage. We understand that the river has broken through the road at the point to which we called attention a short time since, and in other places the road has been much injured, as has also the new bridge, the bank near the Aglionby Arms has been washed away, so that a pait of that building is in danger of falling down. A good deal of loss and inconvenience has been suffered in various ways by different settlers both in town and country, which it will require a considerable outlay to make good We have heard this morning that the new bridge over the Turakina, which was not quite completed, has been carried away by the floods.