NAPIER.

Manawatu Times, Issue 34, 14 February 1877, Page 2

NAPIER.

v Feburary 10. It rained heavily last night, and has continued to pour "down ever since, more or less copiously ; and the Rangatira's departure .was postponed till 2 p.m. Napier is much flooded, and m some streets the progress of foot passengers is attended with difficulty. , The country districts are so much flooded that it has not been practicable to obtain information, except m the immediate neighbourhood of the town and railway line. Miller, manager of the railway, went up the line at daylight to take precautionary measures for the protection of bridges at railway crossings. The Ngaruroro river. covers a portion of the railway line at Merrim's corner, and the water there is still rising. At the tailgate, on "White Koad, about three miles from Napier, the water is four feet deep, and beyond there it deepens to five feet, and is washing like a sea. There is no communication beyond Meanee and there. . - All the settlers- are flobdedLout of their homes. " : '.'' T t""' ■} From Meanee to Taradale is one unbroken sea of water as facias the eye can reach. .. C .3 S 3H : * Cattle are breasting their way through the water, seeking dry land. It is feared many sheep have been drowned. Though no information has been received from Taradale, there is reason to fear that the people thereabouts are m great danger and distress. It has been arranged by TifEen, chairman of the Hawke's Bay Council, and Kinross, acting chairman .of the Harbour Board, to despatch aJboatfrom the Spit to-night to render assistance to flooded out settlers.