TRAINS HELD UP

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17231, 10 April 1930, Page 7

TRAINS HELD UP

FLOODS IN NELSON SLIPS BLOCK LINE (Per Press Association.) NELSON, last night. Last night, there was extremely Heavy rain in the country on the Motueka side, and as far back as i’npnweia, causing Hoods over the road in Muutere, atm slips mi {lie railway line near Spooner s Range. There was a downpour all night on the Spooner’s Range area, a large slip coming out of'the gully oil the lapaweru side of the tunnel under Spooners Range into the cutting, immediately at Idle entrance, blocicing Urn tunnel. Rani continued heavily, and water has backed up into the tunnel. The Nelson kawatiri train, which left Nelson this morning at t.4;> o clock, is still at Bolgruve, watting for the line to he cleared. Large gangs are working on the, slip. There are also other smaller slips on the line from the tar end of the tunnel fit kohatu. Service cats between Nelson and Motueka returned to their starting points this morning after going to the vicinity of Jubilee bridge, where there was Blt of water over the toad. Heavy rain fell in this district lasi night, "luit lias abated a little to-day. All the countryside in Lower Moutere is Hooded. A number of houses are surrounded, hut so far no families have had occasion to leave their homes. Advice lias been received that the Belgrove end of the tunnel also has been completely blocked by a large slip that, came down this afternoon. A rebel gang train has been sent out to work on the slip, hut at, present the extent of the slip is not known. The road is flooded, and blocked by slips at the foot of Spooner’s Range, and in Belgrove, and no traffic is expected through from the .Murchison end to-day.