FLOODS IN HAWKE'S BAY.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXV, Issue 13035, 31 March 1910, Page 5

FLOODS IN HAWKE'S BAY.

A TOWNSHIP IN DANCER. Terrific Sea in the Bay. (Per United Press Association.) NAPIEE, March 31. There is still little immediate prospect of the . weather clearing, and the position of the settlers in the Meeanee and Papa kura districts is becoming serious. Already some sixty sheep have been drowned, and settlers are hurrying stock to the high lands. The water in the Tutaekuri River has now reached the top of the stop bank. The .safety of Meeanee depends on the bank withstanding the enormous pressureIf a breach occurs a big area will be inundated. At Clive there is three feet of water in the main street.

The railway line is submerged in places, but the traffic is not interrupted. A terrific sea is running in the bay, harm pering shipping movement*.