SEVERE WEATHER.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1816, 24 July 1906, Page 3

SEVERE WEATHER.

GALES AND FLOODS. WRECKAGE SIGHTED. I’RESS ASSOCIATION - COrYUIGHT

m , Perth, July 2i! The barqoe Dilpussnnd has arriv'd after a passage of sixty-fonr days from Kalpira. The gales swap* her almcsl ti e whole lime. Some of Ibo deok cargo was washed overboard. Two men wers also washed over the raP, bat were rescued by lines thrown to them.

Melbourne, July 28. Captain Carlson, of iho sohooner Enlirpr se, with two men, attempted ttii land at IHloanH, but tho wiLd whs too strong They attempted to regain thrir vessel, but were blown to sea. Search steamers are oat.

There is very cold woather in the oountry, and tbreo deaths from exposure are recorded.

Hea< y rains and floods are report'd in Caatarton district. Houses are inundat’d »Dd muoh stock destroyed. Traffio is im» peded,

I’RHSS ASSOCIATION Wairoa, yesterday. Ii is reported by Mr G. 0. Ormond that # lot of wreckage passed Mahia on Saturday. A porlion 45ft long appeared to be like a vessel. A sharp lockout was kept along the coast, and the wreckage baa Dot been seen since. Auckland, yesterday. The auxiliary sohooner May Howard baa arrivfd at Hokianga from Aucklaid. She lost two anchors and her foresail, and had her oabin doors smashed by a heavy •ea during a gale. The scow Hawk has arrived at Hekianga after a passage of 24 days from Gis borne. She repoita meeting with very heavy weather. The bi igaotine D. fionoc, bound from Newcastle to Kaipare, put in to Bussell partly disabled and leaking. I Whangarei, yesterday. The recent floods wrough! great havoc I on Ibo Grahamstown railway extension, Eoarcoly a cutting esoaping damage, while iho long passage through Pah Hill, which has tsken years to form, is now oboked by hoge land slips from both sides. This oulting is a veritable sea of mud, and it is estimated it will take the grea'er pail of a year to bring the woik to the stage it was in before tbe slips, Woodvil'e, yrßterday. I Tbe recent flood in the Manawatu I i river changed tbe course of the river to , the norhero bank at Ngawaputua where the bridge rests on wooden piles A gang i of men were wo king all yest.rdav e strengthening the piers J '