HEAVY RAINFALL AT DUNEDIN.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 226, 19 November 1900, Page 2

HEAVY RAINFALL AT DUNEDIN.

(PSH PRBSS ASSOCIATION.) Dmedin, November IS. | Showery weather culminated in the ] steadiest fall of rain experienced for years. From 10.30 on Friday night, j till 2,30-on Saturday, the rain fell' Bteadily, and the break which then occurred was only for a few minutes, when it set in again, but the wind having risen it was more in the nature of heavy showers with a continuous drizzle in between. All the creeks and rivers rose rapidly, and serious floods seemed imminent, when a change occurred. At that time the water of Leith was running like a mill race. It damaged soma of th i bridges over it in tho city, and swapt an'ay a portion of a concrete wall erected recently. The Waitati was in high flwl and Kogars, a groom, was neirly drowned i in attempting to take throe man across the creek. The horse vehicle were sivept away, and the hor&e, a valuable one, was drowned. The groom baoame entangled in a wire fence, and was | rescued with great difficulty. Some damage was done in Laith valley, and the North East Valley, but not serious. On the Taieri, the Silverstraam rose rapidly and flooded a considerable area, causing stock to be removed, but no serious damage occured. The Taieri river rose slowly, but surely, and by Outram at 5 o'clock, portions of the branch railway ware a foot under water, and the main line between 1 Owhiro and Allanton was flooded. All trains were got through, however. On the north line a slip occurred a mile and a half beyond Furakanui, and the goods train from Oamaru due at 3 a.m. on Saturday could not get through. Fully 2000 tons of stuff have fallen, but the line is expected to be clear this morning.