THE HAWKE'S BAY FLOODS.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 June 1917, Page 5

THE HAWKE'S BAY FLOODS.

j 20.11 INCH33B OF4UIW ' WASHOUTS 017T^IIN1IIBM|. b iw.vv,.. BOAIJS, ' WAIROA ROAD A TBWk P9!9B|' i ' PAST. s Kapler, Ipit Vfyiif& The rainfall at T-utira far' 78 w)nW B was 20.11 inches. The water is rapidly disappearta* <. 0 The wash-out on the railway ltn«<6<inUJi B south of Napier is not serious, There is a 30-foot washout on tt* •• 1 Main South Eoad, and one of ISO'fWK - , on the Taradalo Road. No sheep are left'in. the flooded area,;" ? but the other damage ha quite instil. - 1 Details of farmers' losses are impost' " ible owing to disorganisation, The three , " missing men turned up. There are, there. ' fere, no casualties. . * Mails are conveyed in and out OfNa*' ■ " pier by railway trolley, which trarareei- ' B tho line, and is suspended over the wash* ? out held by the metals, 1 The Wairoa road is said to be a thing r of the past. . i> ■ I THE F&OODS RECEDING. 8 ■ HEAVY STOCK UOSSE3. '. j 5 By Telegraph.—'Press AstoolatlOß. i*', ; D ; Hasttagi, June 14. \\ $ '. There is colder weat/her, the eun It ;' ) tliining brightly, and the ilood watSrf.: . 'Are rapidly receding. It it Iwyondrque*- -' ' lion that settlers in the flooded tttga* > have suffered enormous Josnes, but thei|f :■ ' full extent is uiiaeoertainkble until they_ are ablo to return to tlielr prqpe^tiea,',. * 1 % good luok there has beem no tea of '' l Jife, but many people havo had 'Verj};..- .' farrow escapes. \ The losses in stock are wont fn the flinahu, Pakouqhai, Meeano and TaradJe. districts, nithmtaid and Fcrhle .eetfrfl.; *ate their I,o*B ati-40p0 ahejp andfoW fat' cattle; Pointon. (jjlfeanag), MO sheep,, nine bullocks,, eight hotfei, and all M» tcows; Keith COttorill, 700 eheep; 1 8. ■ M'Leod (Omahu), 2000 sheep; and F. Khodea is reported to have lost between 2000 and 3000; sheep. These few eetim- , atcs of louses indicato how serious the flood has been to farmers in the closelysettled districts. A well-known stock ' agent- estimates the total loss in sheep, at between 10,000 and 12,000. ' The small washouts on ;thc line am . being repaired, and it is possible the 1 Wellington express will got through to Kapler to-night. ' A RECORD PASSAGE. GisbCrne, June 14. The Arahura arrived this morning after a record passage of- SB'/j hours from Napier, the steamer being hove-to most of the time.