ROUGH WEATHER.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 July 1915, Page 4

ROUGH WEATHER.

I't/OODS AT WANGANUI. f By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wanganui, Yesterday. Ibavy continuous vain over the whole district for 48 hours brought the biggest flood niiiee the record flood in 1!H)4. The water is still rising. Wanganui Kait Kspiamule is covered. A_ continuous) titream of driftwood is coming down. The flood should reach its maximum about six o'clock to-night. The rain has stopped now. Xo serious damage hnn yet been reported. Wanganui, Last Xigfit. • The '.Vanganni River has .been in high flood throughout the day. The current is running- at twelve miles an hour, carrying a large amount of debris, including dead /took. At Pipiriki the river roseI'f'.y fret, and at Wanganui town bridge it rea.-hed with two 'feet and a half of the iveoid Hood level of 1004. Several IcivJiti'M iii the neigh'horllod of , tha lo;.n aie iiiundaled, but so fur -Minor

'biiwge only is reported. The water i.mided Tai'po Quay, and surrounded l!ie V/.ing.iniii and I'nion Rowing Club .Jo J", and Hooded cellars in various plan--.. Residents in one house nearby v.vie i ( ■apeiloil to remove their furni-'ro-e. f.ut owners of boats and launches h.iil an anxh.us time, one laiinch foun-di'i-ing near the town wharf. The rivor '..te.iin hip service is interrupted. At 7 p.m. r. poits from up-country stated '.'at, i';e river was still vising. EN.IT:KKS KXCIXE DERAILED. ' ; Tnuiiiiininiti. I.asi Night. T!r hea-iesf- rainfall records! fell to i :!...;. !.o-d:-. there being fhr.'e and a--1 '•■: if i.'i-!ie:i .or the 24 hours then elided; 'i hu Wanganui and Ongarue rivers arein hi.-.h iloi-d. and are still rising. The lower [.:-r; i of the town are under water and i.om.! residents are moving their tumilnr". \ huge houhler, weighing iv.o tm.s. i'ell on (he railway line at '•'.'ili.ihi. th» engine of the cxmess from Wellington being derailed, 'ihere were no ca .unities.