HEAVY SNOWSTORM

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 290, 3 September 1919, Page 8

HEAVY SNOWSTORM

PICTURESQDE EFFECTS IN CHRISTCHURCH ■ , LAKE COLERIDGE ELECTRIC ' SUPPLY CUT OFF ' By ToloeraDh— Press Aaioclatlon. '■ ~., Chrlstchwoh, September 2. The fall of enow which descended eo suddenly and so hoavily last night deooiated tho city in a manner which far ''outdistances tho efforts of the citizens on behalf of Viscount Jellicco and hie ship's company. As tho .bright morning ean■-, flooded the scene with its' rays to- ' day.'it was one of transcendent beauty.. Tfcei snow was followed in tho early . hijite.' this''morning by a very severe ' . t$A the frozen gnow clung every/wjjsra tintil tho effect' of the sun was fat. . A jjood deal of daninge was done in the' Botanical Gardens, and a fair ■ ainoint of inconvenience iraj-'oaused to tho tramway system early/this morning owing to tho tracks be&g'i blocked by frozen snow. Tho extent or the minor damage to the telephone and telegraph ' lines is more pronounced than it had bean for many years. A great many individual linos had been broken by the ■malgfct of i^ B enow, which .clings the moro'flrmly to the wires because it is" frozen. ' ■■■"'. As a result of a break-down occurring on the "south-Une about 10.85 a.m. to- ' day tile whole of the eleotripal current from Ja&e Cojeridije was cut off from the city. Ln6t night, a break-down occurred on the north Jine, and'the whole ■■' of the load was beiflfr carried on the south line, which managed to keep running imtil thia 'morning.' The city iis not, however, absolutely cut'; off'from ilectrioal current, as the Tramway Board '■'.'•. Iβ a certain of eurrent. ' •' It is lucky for the Canterbury fruit ; crop that - the sno.w fell when it did, • $nd not two or three weeks later, as rerr few trees are yet in bloom.'. The.fall of mow pn Banto Peninsula ; < .irasvery heavy. Lyttel.ton this morning . , .presented .a very .picturesque */?pearnn'ce.' The mash and rigging, of tho vessels .in port were covered, with'frozen , snow, ' especially on H.M.S. ■ New . Z»a- ■' land, .whose, decks and turrets and masts '■were well coated. : ' v '• ■ "'. ■•■-■' 'LAKE COU)?TW. LINES RE- ; ,■".•• STORED. ' tJhristchurch, September 2.' ; ' : The. snowfall alonpr the, foothills of Canterbury seems' to have been comparatively light, the heaviest, fall having occurred towards the coast. The depth of enow on the' ground in the ojty this ' morning was over three inches. The lake Coleridge lines were restored late this'afternoon. The cause of the breakdown was tho packing and freezing of enow on the insulators.. ■ THE STORM Ww WAIKARAPA " : HEAVY MORTALITY AMONG LAMBS FEARED..,. (By Telegraph—Special Correspondent. Masterton, September 2. In common with other jkrts of New Zealand, Mastertou was treated to a fall of 6now this m.onuus. Rain fell during the night,- which was bitterly cold, and "■ about 7 a.m. snow l)egan to fall about the town. It did not Ho long, but the Tararuas and the higher portions of the ■ foothills oh tho eastern side of the town ■were covered with snow all day. Though the sun-shone brightly in the lnornuy? ' ' v and afternoon tho temperature was low, r ' and it is : feared that mortality among lambs will be severe. A traveller-by " train" from Wellington stated that there wera'.th'reo'inches of snow at the Summit. 'other'districts .affected. '.....By.'.Telcsraph—Preee Ausoci&tioD Dannevirke, September 2. Heavy hail and snow, an earthquake ■ on Sunday and another this morning, ushered: in spring in Dftnnevirke. • The '" fall'.of-enow in the .'high'heavy, : and the mortality amongst me. lambs'is likely to, be heavy if the win- ,•■ try conditions last., ■ ■ .' •■,''„ Invercarfiill, September 2: Inverc-irgill was under a white mantle this- mc-rirmg, and snow is still falling intermittently. Reports from the coun-, try show a light fall. At Kingston four inches are reported, but the weather is/ now clearing, though biuerJy '-■ cold. ■ , ■ ' i . Rcefton, September 2. Three to four inches of snow fell last night. It is still snowing on the hills surroundiii? Reefton. :