ROUGH WEATHER.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 3 July 1925, Page 5

ROUGH WEATHER.

FLOODS IN THE SOUTH.

(By Telegraph—Press Association.) DUNEDIN, -Thursday.

Rain fell steadily all day, increasing as the afternoon wore on. The Dunedin-Ranfurly line,-, which was blocked yesterday owing;-to slips and fallen rock near- Mount,.(Allan, is still (Rosed. To-day’s trains.,,were deviated ■pjyst the obstruction,, -'m' '- The. goods- train from Ranfurly to •Dunedin, which ran into fallen rock last evening, has not yet been removed, but the line is expected to be clear by noon to-morrow. The two engines were badly damaged and eight trucks, including a waggon load'of sheep, were derailed. : ! Advice was received 1 this afternoon that a wash-out had occurred near Outram, and that about half a mile of line' was scoured, the water' being nine inches deep on the track. Consequently orie train inwards from Outram and one outwards from Mosgiel were cut out.' I '' .... ' 1 The position oil the Ta ten plan is fairly serious. If the' river' rises two ■oif -three feet more there will bo real danger. The embankment is being pint rolled and telegraph communication is being kept open at night. The river is up 25ft 3in. ... Low-lying country in the vicinity o. Merton is fiooded and the creeks in the .Shag A’alley have washed out, making the Otago Central road impassable. ; Heavy rain fell all night at Naseby, following a fall of nine Relies of snow. T;he creeks and rivers are in flood. The Swiriburn bridges, 'on the DunbackKveburn portion of the Palmerston'Clyde road, was swept away. ; In. the AVakatipu district the temperature rose suddenly, and consequently a!great thaw set in. Yesterday it was ,al white world, but in the morning, every bit of snow had disappeaied. Ihe weather is like spring.

RAILWAY LINE WASHED AWAY. 7 CHRISTCHURCH, This .Day. lOwigg to a. wash-out, the Midland express rrorii ' Greynioutli did not get past'Springfield .yesterday. Two hundred yards of the line had given way. . , . The passengers were transferred by bits' to Annat and caught an emergency train, arriving at Christchurch five hours behind schedule time. SLIPS IN MANAWATU GORGE. ; i ■ PALMERSTON N., Thursdav. The Manawatu river is rising rapidly. '■The flood gauge at Palmersf on shows a rise Of 4ft between- 2 p.m. and 8.30 p.m., and 15 feet late to-night. The main road north of Shannon was 3ft under water' at 8 p.m. A good deal of low-lying country is inundated, but it is not ascertainable if any material damage is done. . A heavy slip occurred this morning in the Manawatu Gorge, at the entrance to which on the Woodville , side the riyer rose S'ft in 21 hours, flooding out the Publie Works canip. There have been,more slips in the gorge in the past six weeks than at any similar period in the last 10 } ears. MERCER ALMOST SURROUNDED AUCKLAND, Thursday., The Waikato river is still rising and Mercer is now almost surrounded by water, with six inches over the railway 'Numerous houses ne'ar the township are Vacated and the’ ■snwhiills are flooded. •i".. Trains 1 rife still ' running, but shunting may Cease if a further rise occurs.