FLOODS IN OTAGO.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 January 1919, Page 5

FLOODS IN OTAGO.

DANGER PAST AT BALCLUTHA. WATERS RISING AT KAITANGATA

By Telegraph.—Press Association. Dunedin, Last Night. The position at Balclutha regarding the flood is now reassuring. The river has fallen two feet, and the crisis is considered to be past. The temporary repairs to the bpjik proved effective. No leaks are now noticeable. There was an anxious time in the afternoon, when the opening in the embankment widened, but was successfully blocked with sandbags Stirling is still in a sorry plight. The flood water is in all the houses on low level. No stock losses are reported. The railway near Lovell's Flat was covered by four feet of water. It is improbable that trains will get through before Satuxday No trains ran on the Outram line to-day, the rails being 2(i inches under water between the riverside and Gladfield. The postmaster at Kaitangata telegraphed at 9 a.m. that indications pointed to the highest flood on record. In the afternoon he reported that the water was eighteen inches higher than in the 1017 flood, and was still rising Several houses were flooded. Two bridges and part of a third wore carried away at Oturehua, Central Otago.