Heavy Floods in Nelson and Marlborough.

Manawatu Herald, 5 January 1895, Page 3

Heavy Floods in Nelson and Marlborough.

The repoifWi pi the floods in the Country diatribta ire inosfc distressing. In the Motupikb Valley the flood is the highest on^record. Gardens «— d crops : havjaibMn destroyed, aep drowned, feuiJe^ levelled, and ; ach land washed away. Tho jqvar is also in the highegfTOa^lnown, and has overflowedlgJbajiki, and inundated the : countryvTT" " ~ ■*•>'-- ■ — . ... . , ( The on the Pigeon Valley side of the Waksfield bridge has been completely carried away. In the Motueka and Motupiko Valleys, the families of J. Steer and , G. Sloss had to be removed. i W. Thomson's family left the accommodation house at Motupiko ■ when tke*ttater i waß on a level with ■ the table top. i At Eoxbill, Stahton's family took 1 r«fuge' upstairs, but Morrison's had ! to be removed. Holli^Nicolls, B. Lines ana G. Holland have lost large quantities of - hops, the land beiog washed away. , C. Best, Applebynoßfc seven aores of grass Teawy'' fpr cutting, and -J throughout that district and Waimea ! Wesboropis are. levelled and a con* ' lideratte number of stock have been I arownedf. '-.':'■ : . At Motueka, also, the country ia tabmerged, and it was feared that the river would make a. new course through the township. A Jot of barley and other crops have beta damaged. One horse was Been^GJrttfg oufto sea, and drowned B heetiTwV«^vißiblrio the hedges. • The flood ba^ been severely felt in the tfilPj^SipL: a *Wifs» an s tk. 8 under JPress 'Association.