Severe Weather in the South

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 48, 29 January 1885, Page 2

Severe Weather m the South

;u sited pkess associati6n:) i The -weather here, is very boisterous," and heavy rain is falling. If it continues it win. seriously .aff^ct.tjae croj)sij some parts 'oif'tiiWaisifict ; Dut'for "this they promise splendid 'yields. , , if . r ! SiJ -lili e;.;.fr:..:;,; J'JU:lir.-<2 irf-jj ■■{,-. ihUB j The incessant downpour of.rfl.in.tp-oay and last night caused, the heaviest' flood, m. the river experienced -for. many years. No damage is reported as yet from thje i^o/iintry idi^tficts, 'ekckpting fliatf ..flid TJpjproacnes'to "the^Arahura bridge' been .washed away;. , All the road traffic ;4s r! Btisp«. - "''fr. ■■"■■■•'■■;• '^\ 1,-, rr,/ir;f._:;-yij y>-.r*!M.,rf i:; ■ , UreymoOth, Jan. 27. . . t^WeatHerrand? .bar: badifMstb>eß la^t .couple of days. No shipping rnoveme^t^.Inicessarifr ''heavy -xain • - r ttfib6rjftodxii'-- With 1 tbi last feW;hoarß ; tjhje river has fisen very>,ra]pidlyt(ahd; is^n^ .coming do\Yn in r a rp.aring r torrent and'is ] eM • rising. 1 ' ! Tfe MaWhVr^ h^s ' ari#ea outside, but has been, signaled to put to sea. It is still' rainihg'heaVily. j Still heavy iC'ontiinuQUS rain. Every creek and rivulet m the "district is floocfed. ,The river is.in high flood, and therfe is ev^eryiprJoSp^Q^'-fIS it. getting.' highe^r still. Telegrams from travellers fpomi .tfifeCfiilaha beniresireport lEit"aTl9cieel{is "are higher ,than they have been for two yearsv-^Th'er^W-'nb'sigti bf ! aiiy break ih the weather. ) : " - - .- j an ;28. | The rain has stopped, and the flood is going down.. _ It isih'e largest volume <|f water seen in-the'river ; for a number of years. AH the loweivpart'of the towjii was covered,, arid' many houses were flooded.^^A good deal of thej; temporary piles arid staging of the Cpbden bridg|, m cottfse of erection,' were carried- away, making a t yety loud crash* _' All the timber Wtfric '* between^ thelast two sets pf iron cyUnders disappeared, and somjß' loose timber for the bridge on the Cobden, side pf-the riverJ None 6fthe\ cylirjders we're-disturbed.- The accident wais caused by,. snags andjnasses of othe|r timber brpught down by t^e flood, beaming against the temporary piles. Several smajLT bridges m the neighborhood, reported' to be carried away: ' ' ' ":"' j .;..."',;.■■■ ) :V .i ■/'.. LATKR. j" ' The Cobden bridge looks a sad wrec|t' now. ;Twp cylinders on the Cobden side have' disappeared,' and'a'greater portion; 'of the'.t'eiiipbrary ■woodwork h&k vardslie^ > with- the i-oadway : bn top. The value of tlie tw.O 1 cylinders alone is (fe1,600. "The total losses said 'to Be^SOOO. | \ The Star of the South has been carried clear ofi^hq :qhannel, ancl,h'es a,t. ,l(he enfl. of' Tip Head.' " Tiae flood is abating. ]