DAMAGE AT THE PORT.

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

DAMAGE AT THE PORT.

ROCKS 110 AD BLOCKED BY

SLIPS

The Port district sustained its full share of damage and inconvenience during the deluge, the trouble being mainly caused by landslips of varying extent.

The Rocks road, at all limes the most | dangerous and uncertain thoroughfare in the neighbourhood of the city, is a, source of anxiety dxuing every spell of wet weather, and large sums have been spent by the City and County Councils at various times in removing falls of eartii from the road and otherwise keeping the roadway open for traffic. lAs a result of Saturday's rain-further expenditure on a considerable) scale must be undertaken, and the road is | likely to remain closed for some time | until repairs can be carried out. One of the largest slips on record came down a short distance.on the Tahuna side of the basin, near the highest point of the cliff. The falling material has formed a great barrier across the road, measuring about forty feet from end to end. and of varying defth, it shot right across the road and asphalt track, carrying away tho coping and chains of the retaining wall. Upon rough measurements the City Engineer estimates that there are ]500 toils of material to be removed, besides tho repair of the wall and restoration of the standards and chains. The Works ' Committee "will probably inspect tho locality today, and decide the course to be adopted. At other points along the cliffs there were minor falls, which can be dealt with without difficulty.

Landslides were the experience of many Port residents whose bouses are situated on the hillside, especially when? there are cuttings. From the Anchor Foundry round Wakefield Quay householders commonly found their yards filled with earth from the face of the cliffs yesterday morning. A house under erection for Mr W. Reid, near the Foundry, sustained damage, a great weight of earth, falling against and buckling the back wall. Mr J. Reeves, further along the quay, found that about 40 tons of material had fallen into his ba-ek garden from the property in Victoria Crescent above. At several of the residences in the Crescent landslides have played havoc ■with gardens. !

Mrs Charles, who lives in Haven road near tho Mission Hall, had an alarming experience. Tiie cliff at the'-back of the house, which had been cut aAvay, moved.against the building, the weight of earth being sufficient to push it from its foundations. The building is now projecting slightly over the footpath.