PORT MOLYNEUX
Was wholly under water as far as the school, and the brick cottage leading to the pilot station. A current has -set' 'in from the Koau: branch into the Puerua, endangering the site of the Alexandra Hotel. The bridge across the Puerua near the mouth has been washed away. Messrs Melville, Stevensj 'and Wright^ settlers, whose land ; is.*' situated between ; the Koau and the Puerua, were forced |to leave their houses. . They^f duiid : ref uge in the schoolhouse (which was^yacaht: at/, the ; time) by sailing in a, direct liiie; from their | houses to the schoolhouse jthfeit;* passage ( no part of the wß^b;eii|g^unped^^jy Jtop; r of the.numerbus fences : they lhad : '^o Across? := .All:".the "swamp^, latid^ jto^^^ fpot^rfltlra
Arwikiki ridges were covered to a depth of upwards of six feet. The Puerua was backed as r far as the lower part of Murdoch's flat. We understand Messrs Melville and Wright have lost all their cattle. Mr Steven managed to save the greater part of his. In Mr. Paterson's store the water rose to a height of .18 inches. It seems pretty evident that £he force of the water is tending to make such alterations in the outlet as materially to affect the | jPort.
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Clutha Leader, Volume V, Issue 222, 11 October 1878, Page 5
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