FEARFUL FLOODS IN THE SOUTH.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 208, 1 October 1878, Page 2

FEARFUL FLOODS IN THE SOUTH.

Ddnedin, Tuesday. The following further reports of the floods have been received : — Cromwell, Sept. 29, 5 p.m. There has been awful destruction to property. Horses, cattle, houses, and furniture have been drifting past all day. The Clyde, Bannockburn, and Bendigo bridges have goae. The Cromwell Bridge is just safe

unless the flood idcflSS&s. The water is now uptotfye top of the piers. No lives are repdrfeci as lost, but communication is interrupted in every direcion. The dwellings on the block of Cromwell are in immediate dat^ ger. Ko\irt;i?'<:-nr, 5 p.n'i. The river has been rTsiu^ a 7 l day. At half-past three a portion of The Clyde Bridge came in 'cob'tavt with the Roxburgh Bridge, ca^.sui^ it to show signs of giving way, and Just about this time the river rose more rapidly, and the space under the a^lti gradually closed uj> causing \ha bVioge to catch a large quantity «?f timber that was coming down tfcstft^ani. At 4 o'clock the bridge bro'kft £Vt the centre going away like a larye ship, Alexandra, 5 p.r^. There is a tremendous floo4 fc-uay.* The Clutha is seven feet hif'f.eV than the greatest height on Thursday, and is still rising. The water is first touching Meyer's store. Considerable alarm is felt for' the safety of the township. The river is covered with \Vrec^: of all descriptions. The wi-ecV. of the Clyde Bridge passed hem.