Lake Tarawera.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 259, 5 November 1904, Page 2

Lake Tarawera.

KEMARKAHLE CHANGES. (Por Press Association. I AUCKLAND, Nov, 4. For the past few duys sensational rumours have been rife respecting the fall of Lake 'lVawena. Guide Wnrbrick proceeded to the mouth' o» the lake to uscei-tnin what had oceup.vd, and reported as follows ; '• A sand bank on the north-east side of the lake, leading into a lagoon close to tike mouth, has been washed away, leaving a passage llKi yards wide, wiiore only about 40 foet existed before. This bank, owing to the !ako U-ing high and consequently causing greaUT piwMure than umial, gave way suddenly, it appeared, some time on Sunday Uist, and the ivloase of this immense body of WUiU ,,. rrom tIBJ lako bm . Bt out the entrance to the river, widening the former mouth from about 2o leet to about 80 yauds. From this point, for a distance of two males, a gixmt mass of foaming ratwo splendid waterfalls, one bein* A « perpendicular drop of about 400 fr oet, while oUlc ' r llas T brt«*r resembling the Aniwanitoa Falls at Lake ?* st'H falling, at the rate of. tf,J! ».r S of an inch per hour, ZZ a drop ip u, Thursday avolri ng from live to six feet." 8 Z a body of water finding lto Wfly £ to the adjoining country h&acaused considerable doniage to bo done approaches to bridges on Te Toko road, and the approaches to four bridges have been carried away.