FLOODS IN THE SOUTH.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 67, 23 March 1904, Page 2

FLOODS IN THE SOUTH.

EFFECTS IN AIAItLBOItOUGU. (Por Pross Association.) I IiIJONIIKUI. Mil re h L>2. Out' of tin- worst efYert.s of ihe recent Hoods in tlio lVlmns Y alley whs the destruction of sunn* ten miles ol' tramway in connedion with ihe Blackball timber mill. The work of reconstruction, including ihe rebuild- 1 ins of a number of bridges across the stream, will be protracted, and it. is expected that the mill will not, he in full working order for some months. The linn's loss is said to be 7n the neighbourhood of live Jig* Ul'eS. Some settlers in the I'elorus Yab | )ev endured great hardships during ifie tWiod. One woman spent all night on th/' Mump of a tree, and W;i:'• rescued Willi a raft at 10 in the mom.";/. A settler, with bin wife ami tliivr ; ouiig children, had to percli all night on top of a shed, while an aged miner was compelled to climb up through the chimney of his Imt and bestride it during the hours of darkness.

THE LOSSFS IX TIIF XFLSOX distkiot. NKLSOX, March 2'J. .Further news from Collingwood ugtirding the Hood states that the largest bridge on the rjuart/. ranges was carried away, it will cost £IOO to repair the damage. J. James, junr., of Ituinlmm, lost twenty fat pigs and all his fowls. 11. I'arry lost over twenty milking cows, and John Kllis all his sheep. King, .iunr., lost a valuable horse, and (Irant, .iunr., also lost a horse, while h .settler /mined Irons had some calves drowned, and (J. tlraham , lost between three and six acres of 'ground. K. Irons lost three acres. From Takaka it is learned that, the conch road over the hills to "Mot- j tieka is in a v-ry bud stnte, )>ut , gangs of men have been put on to ; clear the slips. At the Kast. Koad gorge creek (he bridge and that at Scott's creek both gave way, and a new creek has cut through the road higher up. It is reported Unit almost every settler and householder about Takaka has lost something. iUr John Haldane lost twenty pigs, and half of his large area of hops will not be worth picking. Alex llaldane also lost a dozen pigs and a portion of his hop crop. Herbert Nalder had a small mob of sheep drowned, llume Bros, lost 120 sheep and half their hop crop, and J. F. Rose lost, over 100 sheep. The Takuku tramway is badly damaged, and the owner (Mr (leorge llall) loses heavily. The storekeepers in the township all had stores injured by water and mud. The hop crop in this district has suffered severely. Not half the crop was harvested, and it is reported that that standing is practically) worthless, for the poles are down. The anticipated yield will be constTTerably lessened in consequence of the flood.