WAIMEA WEST AND REDWOOD'S VALLEY

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 15 July 1929, Page 5

WAIMEA WEST AND REDWOOD'S VALLEY

HIGHEST FLOOD EVER KNOWN ..DAMAGE TO~FARM LANDS TheWairoa and Wai-iti rivers were in high flood, while the Eve's Valley and Redwood's Valley streams overflowed, causing the highest flood ever known in Waimea West and Redwood s. Valley. Great damage'was done to cultivated land. The Post Office at Redwoods Valley was surrounded by water, which to within two inches of entering the premises.. \ > " ' - ;'•?.-! ._ „'! The stopbank at Lower Waimea Wedt was not damaged to any extent. Above the Appleby bridge, the bank recently rebuilt was again washed away and let the water through from O'Connell's corner ip the bridge, doing considerable damage to farm land. Banks recently .repaired further up the river were not damaged. •A large tree.was brought down the Appleby river,' and a'branch a foot thick went through the rails, blocking traffic across the bridge till sawn away. '". Motor shovels owned by Messrs Hag-, gitt. and "Kenning, and used for procuring gravel'near the bridge have been carried down stream and are buried in "gravel to the axles. . ' •' . The small island above the Appleby bridge has now nearly disappeared. The continuous rain is holding up farm ?■ work. There is surface water and farmers are anxiously awaitjng the return of fine weather. ■::\: ■ : iJC».»'■-,*■ -t---.....' ■■ ■ • . -'" ■ ■•