TWENTY-EIGHT INCHES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17035, 8 May 1923, Page 7

TWENTY-EIGHT INCHES.

FALL IN THE AMUR!. EIGHTEEN INCHES IN WAIAU Rain continued to fall at Waiau throughout Monday ana Monday nigut, iiicues fl.au been recorded in the Loansmp, muKiug a u>tal or eighteen inches since x- liday morning. At Kyneton Luonioe a lurther ten inches turn fallen, mailing the total in Linn, locality twenty-eight inches since l' nciay morning. Naturally tne flood water has not subsided to any extent. Jhe Waiau and Mason Rivers are siiiL seething tor rents, and uie greater volume o l the V\ aiau has forced the waters of the ’Mason over against tne township end ui tiic bridge. A further rise of a lew inches in the Waiau would have lorceu its tributary to break througn between the bridge and the township, but lortunateiy that danger now appears to be at an end. Owing to a number oi telephone wues being out of commission, and the floode . creeks and watercourses, it is diffi cult to ascertain the state ot affairs in tiie different parts ot the district. On the railway fine between Waiau and Rotherham there are four wasn outs, each about two chains long, and i' this is the state of things lurthei south it will be some time before trains get through. Communication with Lyndon is eu tire I>' cut off owing to the telephone poles across the Mason being carried away, but it has been ascertained that uie upper Dog Creek bridge and a pri vate bridge leading into the Lyndon homestead have gone. On the Lyndon No. 1 settlement th-j waters have scoured out great channels across the paddocks, and sown crops hare been entirely washed out. One farmer has suffered a loss of eighty sheep, but the majority of farmers wih not be able to estimate their losses til' the flood subsides. In the neighbourhood of the Wandle - iver a field of mangels has been washed out. At Kyneton Coombe the wool shed is almost under water. Fortun ately the cattle on this property wer« removed to safety before the flood waters came down At Mount Palm, where seventeen inches of rain have fallen since Saturday morning, the flat is a sea of water, and stock must perforce take its chance until some or this gets away. In the neighbourhood of Cheddar Valley, al ways a danger spot in the Waiau, the river has broken in behind the breakwater and has approaaehed in close proximity to several farm residences. A number of cattle in this vicinity have been carried away, and the bridge over the Bourne has also gone. This afternoon rain was still falling ii’ Waiau.