WHAT DAYLIGHT REVEALED.

Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 14165, 16 August 1916, Page 1 (Supplement)

WHAT DAYLIGHT REVEALED.

A tour of inspection of various parts of the city yesterday showed that considerable damage bad been done by the previous night's flood.

■ Following the course of the Maitai river from the Nile street bridge (near Clark's), to the me nth, there was evidence of damage- having been done in all directions. Me T. Baird, who lives near this bridge, had about £1.00 worth of damage done, to his property by the overflow from the river, -which also backed up at the ford by Tory .street, going across the road, flooding Mr Alfred Greenfield's property en the corner, and getting into the house. The -water also went through the section on the opposite corner upon which a house is being erected for Mr H. Hunter-Brown, but fortunately the building is being erected well off the ground, and the flood waters did not reach the floor. A quantity of building material, however, ..which was stored underneath, was carried away. Hardy street East and the. eastern side of Tory street "were both covered by storm "water. Between the Hardy street bridge and the Normanby bridge the river rose to the edgo of the road on the western side, covering the footpath along the bank to a depth of several feet. On the eastern side it in behind a corrugated. iron fence dividing Mr E. Davidson's property from the footpath, rasing it to the ground. Below Norcnanby bridge .the rivetspread over the low-lying land on the west side, and went through the pro-' pertries on the banks. It came up Halifax street as far as • Collingwood street to «. depth of several feet. The river wont chroi^ii Mr 0. King's garden, carrying away ttn? i'owlhousy and fences. Between Collingwood street South and Trafalgar street bridge, the properties on both )>:m.ks v. ere more or Ir-ss i!f>odfd. r

V/.irge banks o? skin:.'.1 v.v-vo formed below the Trjiioimu- •s"vnw. bridge on the Wood siile of the river.

The "lirook street stream carried an j immense volume of. water, which caused ! considerable erosion of the banks in nlrtce.s. Thi* v/orst dam;ip;(! was dono at j the back of M: George Parmenter's j j.-la-ce. in Bi.»vnioiir irrenue. Two laJ'ge logs b(H::i-nu> lodged in tho middle of the stream, which diveroed' the current to the bunks on both ,-ides. Itfv P.armenter's towlhouse and a considerable pi.coo of his -land was washed away. A oar.d of workers by "strenuous, efforts succeeded in -removing the logs, and avorted the threatened danger to the adjoining land by. directing the stream again to its normal course. i

The b.uk j'oi t.< n of Mr Jesse Sadlei's propoitv nit! c opposite bank to Mi I'.rm'ni"l •- iKi>i\p-.hed awa\ Otbei pioo^irjos lili^tecl wero those of Mrs Airp-tionp an'l "\li^ Sitait. A laip,e sh( d ?i the ul^e of the erosion on \U^ \ii i-ir-i'it. > pionerU "as cairied mu\ \estoic'x% iroiiuna Tb.« li.i-oU tt-'e^n Ji ichod its highest on Satuula,* in^h* Sheds and foullioiM<. -il.>»f,l i(( m some cases th<"i" \\ i^ lo< - f poi'iiM Some !ars^s villov iiiv» »\ej* uaslu'fl out, and tbeie wile . rcijp-'ul'iii - of debus, including lok-> and i,.iii!>, int Litl ient o\ Scotland ctioet avel oj.air-c i'ie M.anrl. f i stioet bndire ''"re 'l r m s rteeL lootbndt;e c'lll.iD (1 i»)d • >'l to be seemed b\ iw- T.» < /fi cut into the bank .•w L 7.0 r.")"M^ 'ieei end of the patr v»"i t'k C ithnliC orphanage, and took t'n » i ><J m- t.]'u^li <<• ia at the M^nu ki sfei'L <orin»r of Mis LJemuck's pio-

Tl' !im \wi<\ in the Queen-; r i|<-\.n- >ni>is J its IniiUs, but, this ly"i"_ sull water, no d'unage v.is done 'Hi" t 7<' t. (c tb"l pieyious nfght's flood could be seeii yesterday in the low-lying parts of the town, as the

flood waters had subsided considerably. The streets' and footpaths everywhere bore clear evidences of having been thoroughly scoured by water, and the marks on the buildings 'showed the height the water had attained.

The Raglan Brewery • malthouse and cellar was floodod, and.*a considerable amount of damage was done.

.There were several large slips on Wellington Terrace. Residents of Toi Toi Valley were given a warning shortly before S o'clock on Saturday night, when tho engine of the train from the country soamded the danger whistle on approaching Franklin street. The ditch overflowed in Turner's paddock, and water came down in placos right across the valley. It made its Avay through Victory Square, and spread from''North Esk street to St. Vincent street. The warning enabled a good deal of perishable stuff to be saved from immorsion, but there were cases of individual losses. Old residents described it as the worst flood' they had known for 28 years.'

The City Council's staff, under'Mr R. Kenning (the foreman) were out during the whole of the flood period and a.ll clay yesterday clearing the blockages in the gutters and '"generally assisting to get the water awa3\ Steps "were- taken for the safeguarding of drivers and pedestrians in various parts of .the city where dangers had been created.