SOUTHLAND FLOODS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 107, 7 May 1936, Page 8

SOUTHLAND FLOODS

HOADS IMPASSABLE. UI’COUNTRT SNOW THAWS i Per Press Aesociation. 1 INVERCARGILL, Al a y 6. lue after-effects oi the heavy snow which fell up-country over thv weekenu are now making themselves A heavy thaw has set in and while i< dav moht of the rivers are in flood it is anticipated that o.ernignl aud to-morrow, especially in the lower reaches, there will be a further r>so. The main centre of the tlcoding so fur has been between Carsten and Athol, where vesterdav afternoon them was io one place six feet of water over the road. For about a jnilo there was HU almost unbroken sheet ot waler, inc road being impassable. The Gaistoi. service was unable to get through but passengers on the railway service were transported by railway troilfcys o'-nj seven miles of badly-flooded area and couuectcd with a waiting b.:j far! aer on. Their troubles were not yet o\' r, however, for rising streams were re ported ahead and it was thought to make a detour through Gore. Th’j bus arrived in Invercargill about mid nignt, apprcximately aours late. Flooding was also reported from e number of other districts. Be.er<n wash-outs are reported on the Invercar-gill-Kingston Road but repairs are I'Cing made.