FLOODS AT GREYMOUTH.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14492, 2 January 1918, Page 6

FLOODS AT GREYMOUTH.

BIG SLIP.S CAUSE DAMAGE. * LOW-LYING LANDS SUBMERGED, j (Per Press Association.) I ' GREYMOUTH, last night. |» Heavy and continuous rain ali day 1 yesterday resulted in floods and serious damage. I A big slip at Rcwanui practically dc- !] .stroyed the jargo coal storage bins,!' which' were so much damaged .that it is J ] feared the remaining 'uprights will have 1 to^bo pulled out and the jvhoie rebuilt. I The blacksmith's shop; fan house, and electric lamps wero s*.yept away by a , slip, which also blocked' the entrance to No. 3 Mine at Rewanui. Luckily there .were no employees about, oi* tlie result might have been more serious. i Several slips occurred oii the .railway, J two being on the Rowanui line. ' One ' was cleared. The other, prevents .through „ traffic on this line to-day. '.-"'" There are shps at Eaimata and at . Ngahere. At Rotomanu the line is .flooded. . j The.Otira Gorge is blocked,: and. .-there- , J is no through traffic frpm the .V/est ,] Coast to Christchurch to-ciay. ! It is hoped to have the .blockages I cleared to allow the usual -train service .] to-morrow. "•''_''' ."' ■• The Jockey Club's course . is under water. The flood waters, began to trickle I over at 2 o'clock this morning, , and at .5. j o'clock there was ,-five to six .-feet' Vof*, , water on the course. The horses stabled there were got away last night. Little damage is reported iii the town itself, but, the river is -in places within two feet of the top of the wharf, and is still rising. The Trotting Club's course is im- ; mune. There are crowds in town who are disappointed that the races are not being j held. . ' i The bins at Remanui had a storage j capacity of 4000 tons, and it is expected ', that it will be three weeks before this l mine is able to re-start work. j •' Later:— At 2.15 p.m. the river was ; still rising slowly against the falling j tide. i | The low-lying parts of the town are j now under water. '-"'■! Victoria Park is covered with three j 'feet of water. '( ) The Omoto racecourse is now eight to i 'ten feet under water. j * The general opinion is that the river j "will not come over the wharf, as the j 'rain ceased at an early hoUr this morn- ; |ing. * ' , | Yesterday's continuous rain gave :| .warning, and it is iiot "anticipated that ' ,the loss of stock or damage in the coun- ; ; try will be great. '" "