Notes from Cromwell.

Otago Witness, Issue 2507, 9 April 1902, Page 22

Notes from Cromwell.

(Frou Our Own Correspondent.) CROMWELL, April 3. The worst lightning and thunder ever es].ei lenced here occurred last night, being almost tcntir.uous fiOin 6.30 till 10 o'clock, with rairi all r.ight Tho river lose considerably, and the weather is still un = ettled. I have not heard if the reached the L'pper Kawaran dredges. It stopped most of the dredges here. There is considerable damage between Cromwell and Clyde on the roads, tne mull not arri\mg till 230 Ihe Cromwell dredge Lad a rough time. There would probably have been "criouv !os= had she not been well handled. The ladder 1^ «-iltcd, I believe. Tiie rise will stop the gorge dredges from s 4 artirg next week. April 4. The we-uher is fine and the uver !■* falhrg steadi I}.1 }. Tue hea*\ ram was principally confined within a rad'u^ of a fey. miles from Cromwell I expect the Meg and Annie and Upper Magnetic dredges to have good returns, as the rise in the river there wa3 very little. The damage to the Cromwell dredge is very much more serious than I wired yesterday. The ladder is badly silted, and the dredge is agroirid at 01 c part, I believe, and under most favourable conditions I think the 10-s will be heavy. It is reported the dredgemaster has made arrangements to get a spoon dredge to tiy and get the ladder out. April 7. The weather ha c a very settled appearance to-day, ard the n-er is fulling fast. The dredgemaster of the Cromwell dredge met with a na"-ty accident on Friday night, being MriKk on the head by tne handle of the winch. He ib m tho hospietal, and doing well. The Rue and tfhino dredge h^s been y?aiti££

for some machinery, which arrived to-day. She should get started on Wednesday. The dredgemaster of the Electric Extended dredge has received orders to close down. The Riley's Beach ar.d Halfway House dredges started to-day. The Alpine Consols and Alpine No. 2 dredges should get started next week. There is no word of the Hartley and Kiley dredge starting yet. The Lady Rar.furly dredge has been troubled with silt since the flood of a month ago.