THE WEATHER.

Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1114, 19 November 1883, Page 3

THE WEATHER.

Heavy rains la the south. Loss of life

amt damage to property.

Tho weather upon this Coast conlinnes to be unusually wet, and at present there are no indications of a favourable change. Heavy rain is reported from Otago and Canterbury, some considerable damage having been done. On Saturday tho neighbourhood of Dunedin was flooded and.neither the north or south trains could get through, the Christchurch express being slopped at Palmerston.

A Press Association telegram from Dnncdin yesterday stales that tho rain ceased at 9pm. on Saturday. It was fortunate that it did so, or the most serious floods ever known there would have had to be recorded. As it was, many low-lying places in the city and suburbs were under water, and tram communication with the suburbs was suspended. The North-East Valley suffered tho most, the main street being a river a conple of feet deep, and water standing a foot deep in some of the buildings. A fatal accident arising out of the floods is reported from Palmerston. A party of six of. tho train passengers chartered a buggy to come through to -Dunedin, and abont three miles out of Palmerston they got off the road, which was covered with water. In the dark one passenger named Hobbs, who was the caretaker of Mr Dodson’s horse Cassivelaonns, which is stationed in the Ashburton district, was drowned. The other passengers had a narrow escape, but some young men named Sloan, who live in the nighbonrhood, lent them valuable assistance. The horses were drowned, Telegrams from Timarn report damage to the railway and floods in the low lying parts; of the country. It is feared that a number of sheep will be drowned. BLENHEIM, This day.

Heavy rains have fallen here for the past week, but there have been no floods. CHRISTCHURCH, This day.

Heavy rain was experienced here on Saturday and to-day. No damage from floods is reported. The rain has done immense good to all kinds of crops.

CAPTAIN EDWIN’S PREDICTION

[per press association.]

WELLINGTON, This day.

Weather forecast for 24 hoots, from 9a. ip. to-day Wind—between north west and south-west at all places north of Napier and New Ply month, and between south-west and south at all other places. Barometer —further rise at all stations. Sea—heavy on west and very heavy on eastern coast. Warnings for gales as above indioted have been sent to,all stations.

Synopsis of last . 48 hours :—Until Sunday morning the barometer continued to rise slowly, in all parts of the county, but fell again very slowly until near midnight, and since then it has risen slowly everywhere. Heavy thunderstorms, with unusually heavy rain and hail have bern experienced in nearly all parts of the country, with strong gales from NW and SW at some of the stations north of Napier and New Plymouth, and from the SW and SE in the southern parts of the colony.

ANOTHER DEATH BY DROWNING

DUNEDIN, This day

Traffic was resumed this morning. Messrs Gordon Bros’ nursery in the Valley was completely wrecked by the floods. They estimate their .loss at £4OO. Charles Eadie, groom to Mr Calcntt, at Goodwood, was drowned in trying to cross a creek to get to the Goodwood railway station.