The Storm in the North.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XIV, Issue 2909, 27 February 1893, Page 2

The Storm in the North.

SERIOUS DAMAGE.

IICH fK«BS ASSOCIATION.

Auckland, February 25. During Thursday night's gale the railway works at Hikurangi were damaged to th- extent of £2000. One hundred head of cattle were swept away at Okaihu, and at Te"Aifoha roojEs werd blown off houses. At the Thames a obnsiderable amount of damage was done. Portions' of the town were flooded ten or twelve inches. In town the damage was small, but in the country some 'settlers lost a number of cattle, ii} addition to their crops being spoiled. All the batteries are at a standstill. A iJCjcLANp, February 27, The flood in the Kaifyu y alley, hew Dargayille, is the heaviest ever known. Ijt made a clean sweep of the Maori plantations, houses, pigs, sj;eep and poultry. One tywn sW<* vas drowned. Several people had te escape through the roofs and pass the night on rafts. The Kaiawi railway bridge is blocked *ith drift, but not otherwise much damaged. Hawkra, February 25. Owing to the gale and floods in the last forty-eight hours heavy damage has been djQiie. Tljp T^alrau bridge ac Opunake has beeri wrecked, and t}p river i 3 impassable until the flood subsjd^. Edmunds' flax m\ll is badly damaged, arid the Oanui'ifliH gone out to sea. The Mawae, pungarehu, Q*ofti, and fclfbam yoad letter jtagtories have been Fashed away. It is reported »H putyerja on the Eltham road are washed away. There is considerable damage to buildings, fencing ancl roads throughout (he district.