The Recent Heavy Floods.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 245, 18 April 1895, Page 2

The Recent Heavy Floods.

(Per Press Association.) Foxton, April 17. The flood has now reached its highest since the memorable flood of 1880. The whole of the country between here and Wirokino is inundated and hundreds of pounds of damage are likely to result to farmers and others. Tbe creamery has been compelled to shut down owing to the supply of milk falling short, in fact all the farmers are affected. Great quantities of driftwood are still coming down, aud parts of buildiugs have been seen to pass the wharf. Several families havo been rescued by boats, and hundreds of head of stock have been lost. Boats are now out recovering stock. Oeoua Bridge, April 17. Tlie flood here is going down slowly, oue foot in twelve hours. There is a big pile of logs against the railway bridge, and a large stack of hay on the railway lino. ' The Maoris have been busy since daybreak taking canoe loads of sheep from Ngwhakarau to places of safety. Shannon, April 17. The flood was most severely felt in the Tokomaru, Makerua and Shannon districts, and the country is in a deplorable condition. At Linton the railway line was washed out for a distance of fifty yards. The flood is considered to be the heaviest during the past ten years, and enormous damage has been done at Shannon. Mr Jas. Wallace lost 800 sheep, and Mr D. Wood 200. Eketahuna, April 16. The town of Pahiatua has been visited by the heaviest flood known for the past 12 years. The river Mangatainoka overflowed its banks about a mile from the southern end of the town, and swept through the streets flooding them to a depth varying 1 from Sin to 3f fc. With tho exception of the road to ■ Woodville all tbe roads were impassable, being covered with water for miles. Pahiatua,, April 17. There were heavy floods throughout the district on Sunday and Mondaj'. The bridges were washed away in every direction, cthe roads blocked by large slips, and homesteads and dwellings flooded out. Reports from the back country are coming in slowly, but the loss of stock is considerable. Woodville, April 17. The Woodville flood was the heaviest experienced since 1879. Eight inches of raiu fell, of whicli five was recorded on Sunday. The Hon J. D. Ormond is the principle loser, 400 sheep being drowned, while a number of cattle were lost. The Bunnythorpe correspondent of ihe Standard reports that Mr Donald, of the Palmerston Mounted Rifles, had a narrow escape from being drowned on Monday near Bunnythorpe, while returning from the Encampment. He was assisted out by a comrade named Mr G. Slack. Two of the Hawera Mounted Rifles also had a narrow escape while riding from Palmerston to Feildiug the same day.