Immense Land Slip at Wellington.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1467, 29 September 1885, Page 4

Immense Land Slip at Wellington.

(Post.) One of the largest landslips which have occurred m the neighbourhood of this city for y ars took place between 3 and 4 &.tu. on Thursday on the Nhaliauruiigu line, nn-1 has completely blocked the high road just above Tyor's tannery. An imtnense uody of earth, estimated by many good judges at over a million tons, became suddenly detached from the sido of the hill, and with a thundering noise slipped down the incline into the road. When the Foxfcon coach arrived at the spot sooti after 5 o'clock the slip was found to bo quite impassable, and the driver on realising the position turned back and took the old road via Kaiwarra. Quite close to whero the slip had taken place, are several tenanted cottages, and the inmates were greatly alarmed, and turned out m their night clothes to see what was the matter. One end of the slip is only a few yards distant from one of this cottages, so that the inmates may be said to have had a narrow escape. An official intimation that the road is closet] for traffic until further notice appears elsewhere. It is expected that it will take. three or four days to clear it.