FLOODS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 25 October 1913, Page 3

FLOODS

The latest news from the (loud centres is that the weather is now clear ami the livers are subsiding. The Main Trunk traffic is stili held up by slips, some of which are very large, aud will take; a few days to remove, one being 70 yards long and five feet deep. There are about iifty altogether. The MiUiawatu Piver is still high, and fTaxcutting in the vicinitv has been suspended. PASSENGER TILVf'iMC DIVERTED. [i'Ell I'RESS ASSOCIATION. ] Alurton, This Day. On Eriday. afternoon a number of passengers, who were booked through to Auckland by the Main Trunk express, left by the Wel-lington-New Plymouth express, and continued the journey to Auckland by steamer. A special train left at five o'clock with another contingent. There is still a large number delayed here who arc booked for intermediate stations. They are welt looked after by the officials. "At five o'clock this morning a train was despatched from lluu(ei'villc. The line being now clear on this section, the first train on the Main Trunk since the slips arrived here at 9 a.m., the starting point being tlunfcrville. The guard's van showed signs of a rough trip. The engine was derailed at Mangawoka tunnel, but not capsized as previously reported. It is considered tli\jt several days will pass before through comrinuiicafion is restored. A number of Auckland sports- | men. on tlioir way to Wellington, walked to a point where it was possible to take motor cars, and motored tbrough Wellington early this morning. Marton yards are full of rolling stock side-tracked. Ts T o doubt consignees of perishable goods will suffer to a large extent. A number of roads in the upper part of "Rangitikei County are almost impassable, owing to a number of slips, and there is a big wash-out on the main road beyond Mangawoka, which is blocked. Damage to several' bridges is reported. It is almost impossible to obtain authentic information as to the locality of the slips on the railway. The officials are hard-worked, but are carrying out