STORM IN NORTH

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1812, 19 July 1906, Page 3

STORM IN NORTH

The correspondents of tho N.Z. Herald telegraphed as follows ! Dargaville, Monday. Steady rain set in on Saturday night, and continued yesterday, from the northeast. There ia a heavy fresh in the_ Awakino creek, where about 10,000 kauri logs are on the move down to the tidal water. Fifty men are employed in raftinf, and tho supply of timber for she mills is now assured for some considerable time. A washout occurred on she Kaihu railway lice at Dairy Flat, near Maropiu. Roads aud bridges throughout the distriot have suffered more or lees. ,

WhoEgnrei, Mondny. An exceptionally heavy rainfall, which ba» continued for the poßt 48 hours, occasioned extensive floods ovßr a wide area. The resultant freshes ate very welcome to the timber companies, who have hoeu waiting for u long time for a sufficient volume of water lo drive the largo accumulation of logs down tho various creeks and rivers, As the Mangahahuri railway Biding this morning it wan c-alimatcd that one million end a half feet of timber hacl been brought down from tho Kauri Timber Company a booh at Kabaknhtroa. Hundreds of logs have also been driven Sowu to the Waio»u booms, and 10,000 logs lying in the bed of tbe Awakino have been liberated. Part of Hoey’a bridge wee carried away by a | heavily-loaded barge breaking loose from its moorings in Doctor’s Creek, and crashing into the piles- A portion of tbe Northern Coal Company’s tramway siding at H kuraogi bos been undermined by tbo wa-h of tbe flood waters, and repairo ate being effected. A number of launches oDd exiling boats moored off the town whati were forced into cluetered oonfusion by the violoDCO of tbe i-torm, and groat difficulty was experienced in extricating them. Various houses end business premises in tbe borough are paitially inundated, end pedestrian traffic, temporarily interrupted u Baveral places.

Paaros, Monday

The weather for tbe past few days ha bom toore than usually boisterous. On Saturday and Sunday nights the wind blow with almost hurricane force, un.l boavy rain fell, but boyor d a few fences rtnd outhouses being blown down no damage ia reported. Itsiu is still falling steadily, and the river has tison considerably, but at present tboro is not much danger of a flood of serious dimensions. Tauranga, Monday. Heavy easterly weather, accompanied by steady rainfall, has been experienced in the Bay of Plenty since Sunday morning. Largo numboro of seagulls have come inland, and the surf is very heavy on the ooeanbeaob. So far no damage ia reported.