TRAINS HELD UP.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 June 1920, Page 5

TRAINS HELD UP.

NORTH ISLAND FLOODS, ' ROADS BECOME IMPASSAfcLE, . \ TAURANGA LOSES LIGHT £B9 WATER. By Telegraph— Press Association, Auckland, June t. The heavy rain has caused landslide! on the Main Trunk railway, particularly between' TeiAwamutu and Otorohaaga, The express train to-day did not run beyond Frankton and Te Awamutu. Tfcere are also "slips on and'ThtfctifS lines. Rotorua, Last Night Wash-put's on the railway near Hafcuv ku and*Putarura prevented trains hiving Rotorua this morning, but they werelrunning this' afternoon. ,AII roads to the coast are interrupted, tin mail carß having to return to VrVk*« tane. The road is not expected to It inn stored for a week. Nine inches of ijMfl fell in Rotorua during thirty-six hoirt No damage was done. The wash-ont at Mamaku wa« t«to< porarily repaired to enable the Auckland express to pass, but at the Putarfra wash-out the passengers had to be trahi« ferred to another train. , . Tauranga, List Night An easterly gale, which commented with a heavy downpour on Thuriqßy evening, spent itself last evening, Hi, inches of rain being recorded daring the period. Both the electricity and the water supply were cut off yesterday. Tjw former was restored this morning, fetit the water was uncertain. All the rivers in the district trffe heavily flooded, but no serious damage" is reported. There are several w&sh-oftts on the railway line between here tod, Matata, and the regular.service will.ptobably be suspended for some-days.

RIVERS IN HIGH KLOOp. " REPORTS FROM THE MAIN TBtiNK. Tauraanmui, June 7> On Saturday and Sunday heavy rata flooded the Wanganul and'.Ongftrue fivers, which were at the highest for four years. Both rivers were bank to bank. There was a fair- amount of erosion; tut ' nothing serious. The new traffic bridge aiid the protection works of' the Wriganni River stood the test well. 'At ill* boat landing the Ongaruc was nine feet above the ordinary water mark, and it w ; doubtful if the river boat will go down *' to-day. ■ It is reported that there is 26 feet'ofj extra water at the houseboat. She ii BOW anchored over the flower-beds. Te Kuiti, June 7. It was reported at mid-day that tiers was two or three feet of water over the line north of Hangatiki. All wag clear to the south, and the express from the south will leave on its return this even' ing if no train from the north get* through.

TE KUITI UNDER WATER. THE TOWN ISOLATED. AN OVERSEER DROWNED. (By Telegraph.—Special to News.)' . Te Kuiti, Last Night. Torrential rain on Saturday night flooded Te Kuiti, and the, water invaded several shops. The damage is fairly, heavy. The town is isolated by slips on the main roads, but gangs are at Work clearing them. The Sunday express from the north, got through, but this morning the water rose rapidly on the line between' Hangatiki and Otorohanga, where it WM covered to a depth of three feet The express from the south stopped here. A fatality is reported from Hon:kiwi. E. P. A. Dunckley, a public works overseer, was swept off hi* hone and drowsed. His body has not been found. Several bridges have gone te the, country, and there' are numeroui slips and other damage. The weather cleared to-day and it ia hoped to get the trains through' tomorrow.

ROADS AND BRIDGES SOTtfER. ' Auckland, Last Night. Considerable damage to road* . and bridges by floods is reported by country correspondents of the Herald. Although the rain hud ceased the Waikato river was in heavy flood to-night, and wm rising at the rate of an inch an hour. Several roads were under water. A small slip occurred on the railway line to the Pukemiro mine, but men worked all day on Sunday and cleared the debris. The railway aer/ices throughout the province are more or leu. db* organised.