FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15236, 8 June 1920, Page 5

FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES.

WO-tKS' SUPERVISOR DROWNED.* (Per Press -Asso-latlon.) AUCKLAND, last night. Considerable damage to roads and bridge*" by the flood is reported by country correspondents of the Herald. One death is .reported, , that of Frank Dunkley, a supervisor for the Public Worksu Department, ..who was inspecting damage near oiorohanga; when he got into difficulties, m a wasjiout and was drowned. Although; tlie rain has ceased the Waikato river was m heavy flood to-night, and was rising- at the. rate, .pi an inch ah hour. . Several roads weft undet* r water. A sm_-iy , sllp occurred on the railway line to Pukemiro mine, bui the men worked alt 'flay on -Sunday and cleared the debris. The railway serried throughout the province .ar more or less disorganised. . „ / TAURANGA, lasth night. An easterly gale which commence--rUJi ■■&, heavy downpour on Thursday evening spent - itself last everting, 11.2.' inches of raih being recorded during th< period; Both the electricity supply anc' the water supply were cut off yesterday. The former was restored this morning, but the water supply is still uncertain. All the rivers m the district were lieavily flooded, but. no serious damage is reported- There have ., been several wasnbuts on tne railway line between Ivere and Matata, and the regular service will probably be .suspended f for some '? ROTORUA, last night. For the 48 hours ending 9 a.m. yesterday 0.11 inches of rain fell. The Utuhina stream, rose .ten feet. The water entered a few houses on the banks, bht no serious damage was done, as the river subsided •quickly- "when the rain slackened. The weather is now fine. The Auckland express left about 1 p.m. A t washout at Sfamaku has been temporarily repaired. At the washout at Putartiru the passen gers had to be transferred. TE KUITI. last night. Torrential rain on; Saturday nighty flooded Te Kulti- The? water invaded atveral shops and the damage was fairly Jheavy. The town is isolated by stir on the main road. Gahgs are at work clearing the debris. Oh Sunday the e? press from the north got through, but on Monday morning the water irrapidly and the line between Hah;gatikt and Otorohanga was covered to a .depth of three feet. A fatality is reported at Honikiwi, TWr. E. F. A. Dunkley, Public works ©rerseer, being swept off his horse and drowned. The body has not yet been found: Several bridges have gone m the country, and 4 (here are numerous. :slips and other damage. The weather •cleared to-day. It is hoped to get the vtrairis throdgh to-morrow. TB KUITI, this day. The floods are subsiding steadily. The fatality at Honikiwi was that of a Public Works overseer, Mr IP. Dunckley, a returihjd aoldier. While crossibg a swollen stream\he was swept from his horse and drowned.- The body was not found. The floods are subsiding. Trains got through northwards this morning. The fcack country roads are extensively damaged. Slips are numerous. '