FLOODS IN NELSON.

Otago Witness, Issue 2057, 27 July 1893, Page 35

FLOODS IN NELSON.

Nelson, July 24-. Reports from the country dietricts show that considerable damage was done by Sunday's flood, although the rain only continued for 17 hours. The Wai-Iti and Wairau rivers were in higher flood than for 25 years, and even streams at other times insignificant stack up horsemen. The Motupiko and Motueka rivers were also heavily flooded, and a cart bridge on the West Coast coach road, at the junction of those rivers, has been damaged. One row of piles was scoured out, and the deck of the bridge has sagged a foob. The approaches to the Foxhill cart bridge were rendered unsafe, and the Bridgewater bridge to Waitnea West had the centre pier carried away. The bridge is hanging by the bolts only, and will not carry a horse. On Sunday eve'niDg the approaches to these bridges could not be reached. Bridgewater was like a lake. The rivers carried away some land, and a number of sheep were drowned. At Spring Grove the water was 3ft, and at Richmond railway station the yard was under water, and cows took refuge in the waiting room. The railway men kept the culverts clear and no damage resulted to the line, but local bodies will be put; to a large expense. Energy will do almost anything, but it cannot exist if the blood* is impure and moves sluggishly in the veins. There is nothing so good for cleansing the blood and imparting energy to the system as Ayer's Sarsaparilla.