RECORD FLOODS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 3 May 1907, Page 2

RECORD FLOODS.

WELLINGTON AND HAWICK'S 13 A i IiIVEJiS OVEIIFLOW.

ROADS AND KAiI/WAVS BUII MERGED.

Per Press Association. \Y uodville, May 1. Jt lias been raining lor 30 hours, and all the rivers in the district are in high 1100.1. The Jlanawatu river has almost reached Hie second level, while all low lying country round Woodville is micier water. So far 110 damage is ivported. aial there is >ij interruption of tie 1 1 i.iiu service. Pahiauia, May 2. Owing-to slips on the Pahiatua side 01 Mi'Uuri (lorge, vehicular trailic is blocked. The Mangatainoka river is running bank high, and the protective work ill toe Vicinity 0 f Pahiatua iiorongh liridge is completely submerged. , Palmeraton North, Mav 2. During ihe 4S huur> preceding ti a.m. to-day two and a-half inches of rain . ha-i fallen. The Manawalu river is m tiie highest llood for several years past, i A big area of country is Hooded, but up , to the present no ser.ous damage is rei ported. A? Fitzherbert bridge the rise [ of the river above the normal height is . fully 20 feet. Tile railway line between here and l'oxton is submerged at Oroua . bridge, and the trains are not running i to-day. The river overlloweil i.s banks ■> just above Palmerston, but the stopq bank prevented any damage.

Masterton, May 2. The rainfall to 0 o'clock this morning was 2.85 inches.

Tile Te Wharau Elat Point coach capsized in the middle of Elat Point creek. The driver and three male passengers had to swim for their lives. The Flat Point mail bag was lost. Carterton, May 2.

The Hoods arc the Heaviest since 3802. Three small bridges were curried away ill the Dalefield district. The Waihontriver Ims Hooded a Maori pah and land on the western side. The lUiamahunga riveri overflowed Us banks at (iladstone, where the flood waters are right between two bridges and down llm valley towards Ahiaruhc. Two brothers named Groube, travelling from Longlnish to Carterton, had to abandon their gig owing to the impassable, state of the road. Floods are very bad down the Lower Valley. A message from Kahautaru states that the country is a sea of water. Traffic between Fcatherstonc and Martinborough is interrupted. The protective works at Waingawa and Waiohiiie are holding splendidly.

Napier, May 2. Heavy continuous rain lias (fallen during the last two days. The rivers are in high Hood. About midnight last night the Tntaekure broke through the protection bank, and I'apakura. ami a wide expanse of coumry are under water. No serious damage is reported, but it is still raining. Wellington, May 2. So far, the railways in Wellington district have suffered little damage by the heavy rains of the last few days, and no interruption in traffic is anticipated. Napier, May 2. liiiin has ceased for the present, though th,; weather is still unsettled, lieports from the country districts show that the water in the rivers is subsiding slowly in most places, and no serious trouble is anticipated, unless a further heavy rainfall is experienced.

Masterton, May 2. Xearly six inches of rain has"fallen in Masterton during the past two days. The Hoods still continue, and mail coaches are still unable to reach Masterton. Ah attempt was made to bring mails to Masterton from Carswells by packhorses. but, owing to the state of the roads and rivers, the attempt was a failure, fn the lower valley a large area of the country is Hooded, but stock bud been removed to the high country before the Hoods oame on.