The Floods in Hawke's Bay.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 344, 20 June 1894, Page 2

The Floods in Hawke's Bay.

♦ (Pfcß FKjEti* ASSOCIATION ) j Napieb, Juno 19 | The flood was at its highest stage at about 7 o'clock. At high tide the Ngaruroro river had spread right across to Farndon road between the hotel and Big Bridge, which was sub- , merged. Great anxiety was felt lest the Tukituki should overflow and join the Ngaruroro river, bat Kelson's banks at Manga tere withstood the strain and prevented further damage. The efforts of the men who had been working at the mouth of the river proved successful in making an outlet, which saved the country from further inundation At Meanee and the lowlying country surrounding nothing but a huge sheet of water meets the ey£. The settlers this time, however,' hacl ample warning, and so had opportunities of preparing for the fl od. All people at Clive were removed from their houses during the day, in case the worse happened at night It is still raining. - ■ -

The Hawke's Bay Herald cor? respondent wrote- as follows to that journal on Monday night regarding the condition of Clive:— We found that tseveral families bad already been taken from their homes and placed in the hotel, and others in houses which 1 gave a fairer show of security for the night. There were three rescue parties in boats hard at work during the whole ; of the afternoon, but should the rivers | unfortunately rise to such an extent as on previous occasions it will be little short of a miracle should no lives be lost. To say the least of it, the scene is a heartrending one ; cattle turned out upon the road, horses half swimming along the main roads, not knowing whither to turn for shelter, fowls roosting in rose bushes and clinging upon one another for shelter^ and — u:ore important than all— children and women standing by open windows watching with anxiety the gradual in.?;-; j crease in the height of the waters, not , knowing what to do for the best* ' whether to patiently watch or to at once take the best means of clearing i out of home. ,'/;";,: