THE WEATHER AND

Southland Times, Issue 3085, 18 May 1878, Page 2

THE WEATHER AND

RAILWAY COMMUNICATION OfiaV STOKED WITH DrJITIJIDIN. f # THE TELEGRAPH LmE^SlTLji^oW.

I Wretched weather prevailed throughout yesterday. A tremendous B.W. gale raged, with squalls of sleet and a deluge of rain. The railway officials were, however, up and stirring to make good the break in tbe line beyond Gore.,, MrArmstrong, with a gang of men proceeded * to the place first: thing-, and found that -a section of the line about a couple of miles the other side of Waipahi had been washed away by the floods. By dint of energetic labor the damage was repaired by the afternoon, and the train bringing the Dunedin mails made np yesterday ,- morning came right through from Clinton j # Mr Arthur, the General Manager, who 'had been along the line, came in with it, „" from Gore, as also did Mr Armstrong. l The latter informs us that the country' is fearfully flooded for miles^ and that tlw^^ communication is likely to . be air sin-, '-iav terrupted if the weather does not a§ We^g As we intimate^ Jn.yea4»rdayri_fißift5 A Mr'Carruttiers proceeded, up ...the t 4ip€E yesterday on a wjit' ,of ipspecJfonvTtog;; Fairlight. He found the Uueingood? working order throughout. The weather up country was somewhat different to that which prevailed in town. It rained, but the wind was not so heavy, and was moreover from N.W., very temperate tending 4o bring the snow-down; -Indeedtne creeks and rivers ;were rising rapidly when the train was returning, the Makareka being exceptionally high ; its level was only some three i.'feet below the. rail* way lineV' ailtithe irater.w^ituljriain^-v ~* ffelisgrapbi^ communication "continues brbken. Last nigfcft Mr Hunter, the line man, came in for more help. "He reported the linedowq Lomj BusK : to Clin* ' top, and returns this morning, to proceed with repairing We BreV however,,glad. to say that iEe fift't c irain l'lui '•£s&;: brought intelligeac«bT'thrbu^hco'mmuni. .cation from Dunedin to Wataura, so that we may hope to be connected once more with Dunedin, by to-Wrrow, or Monday, at 'furthest. -Tele^raphic-eommanication wijh Bivertbh s is suil soispende^.'and it is ; said that thej line- froto .Maifa&ltowjQ more or less damaged.— Evidence of the flooded stateiof the country was apparent, ih the almost overflowing condition of the "New JjtiTer JEstnary ; yesterday. . The Oreti. and Waihopai, discharged immense Volumes of wa'tiec into lt t whieh^wa* backed ■tip ut a great heiguTliy lite spring tide^