THE WEATHER.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1125, 23 November 1883, Page 3

THE WEATHER.

The weather for the past week has been most unsettled. On Friday last it was dark and cloudy tin il about 5 in the afternoon, when it culminated in a roud peal of thunder, preceded by broad sheet lighting, ami accompanied by a slight shower of rain in the town of Clyde ; but immediately surrouiuiiiig and extending for some few miles a perfect deluge of rain fell, doing terrible damage in its course. The main road and the side road from Watson’s to the Manuberikia is washed out of existence ; the gully iu which Mr Jackson is sluicing, for the time wan .turned into a river, the water in its course, carrying with it tail race, su ee boxes, everything in fact; jßcenqaii’s gu ly, in which Kir 1 John Allan is working «as also crossed by tfte storm, ami .everything below its course was swept clean away. The loss to both of these par ies is consi erabl , as besides the destruction of t>e i ail-races,a quantity of gold was washed jaw.ry. On -Saturday it rained incessantly a 1 dav, much to the disgust ami chagrin of rhe Blacks ami Cromwell cricket teams, who had arranged to play a match on the Clyde ground, but were prevented by the downpour. On Sunday it was again overcast, hut dry, until the afternoon, wlo u a ter ible thunderstorm broke immediately over Clyde. thunder was loud and incessant, and the accompanying lightning blunting, while the rain and hail for fully a hour was extremely heavy, turning every little gully into a roaring torrent. Since then it has been fine in the low country, but up amongst the hills ami mountains it has been particularly threatening The heavy rain and hail will doubtless have done some harm to the newly shorn sheep, but we think the little harm in that direction will be more than counterbalanced by the great good the Country will derive generally from the thorough drenching. Tlie grass and crops were very stunted and sickly before the rain, but now they look beautiful and strong and promise werl.