HEAVY RUINS

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 46, 24 October 1913, Page 5

HEAVY RUINS

FLOODS AND WASH-OUTS. MAIN TRUNK INTERRUPTIONS. [Per Press Association.] Marton, October 24. The rain ceased early this morning, ! but the weather is still dull, with prospects of clearing. The Tutaenui and Porewa streams have subsided, I but are still running high. The town is practically clear of flood waters, and there is no damage to report. The stranded Main Trunk passengers spent a weary night at the junction. A notice at the station reads: "Departure of Auckland express indefinite." Another notice reads:"The Auckland express will not leave to-day." News reached the station of a 60foot wash-out at Utiku on the Main Trunk line at the entrance to the tunnel at Mangaweka, and that a doubleshooter engine had capsized. It is understood there is a shortage of relief gangers at Manga weka. The Rangitikei river is two feet higher than on any previous record flood. The evening passengers on the train to Wanganui were blocked by a slip at Okoia. It is expected that communication will be restored to-day. On Thursday one inch of rain fell, and during last night 1.83 inches. A RECORD RAINFALL. RAILWAY COMMUNICATION INTERRUPTED. Dannevirke, October 24. Dannevirke, in common with other parts, experienced a phenomenal rainfall. Commencing *on Wedesday aight and concluding early tliisfnorning, the total fall was 3.4 inches, while in 24 hours 3.1 inches fell, being a record for the last five years. A slip occurred on the line between Matamau and Makotuku, and interfered with 1 traffic delaying trains to the Hawkes Bay Jubilee Show, for several hours. The passengers .had to walk over the slip and connect with a train on the Dannevirke. side. They were held up by a slip in the Gorge' and.had to stay the night at Woodville. The slip at Matamau was cleared, a gang of men was working all night.