FLOOD SUFFERERS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 185, 1 May 1920, Page 7

FLOOD SUFFERERS

COUNCIL ASKED FOR HELP.

At Thursday's meeting of the City Council Councillor E. A. Wright' asked if the City Council would , assist the sufferers .by the recent floods at Lyall Bay. ■ Councillor P. Eraser said he had visited .the locality at the foot of Sutherland Road, and he had never in his life seen such a.scene of devastation. In one •house there was four feet of. sand, which had been washed in by the rush of water. In another place the walls had teen stained half-way up to the ceiling, the furniture had been damaged, and a scene of awful'desolation had resulted. .1- "... t""tight . tunc the council might do something to help the sufferers;.' Councilor Fraser mentioned that in one instance a woman had been carried out of her house, being in actual danger of: her. life. .. • . Councillor G. Frost alio drew attention to the Hooding which had taken place at Island Bay,. Evidently the culvert out there was not large enough to caw tiu> water from the hills. This trouble occurred'V-ear after year, anil lie proposed: that the City Engineer should report, on the whole matter. . . , Councillor L. M'Kenxie said it would be a gracious act if the'council's roadmiui were instructed to help the people to clean up their houses. He could conscientiously say hi# litfd. never seen anything like the" sight he saw at Sutherland Road, where the houses had bceu built-oii the sand hills. The Mayor said that lie hail been instructed that the council was in 110 way responsible for the'damage done, but if the council agreed be was quite prepared to instruct a .couple of men to go out and see what they could do to help those who had'suffered by the Hood.