PATEA HARBOR ENTRANCE.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 January 1922, Page 5

PATEA HARBOR ENTRANCE.

BLOCKED VITH LOGS.' The phenomenal cloudburst which was responsible for the washing away of the Whenuakura railway bridge, and thus cutting off all southern communication with Patea, was responsible for another injury to the town on Sunday, when some hundreds of cords of timber which were brought down the Whenuakura River were washed into the mouth of the Patea River, where they formed a dam between the eastern and western walls, with a narrow channel in the centre (says the local Press). The Harbor Board’s staff with the dredge have been busily engaged in an endeavor to remove the obstruction, and Mr. M. F. Pulley, with a staff of men and the assistance of the board’s steam crane, have also been hard at work; but, although both staffs have been responsible for the removal of a large number of logs, their efforts have not been successful so far in clearing the river mouth. Fresh efforts are being made, and it is hoped that the dam which has been formed may be loosened and the logs taken out to sea with the outgoing tide on Wednesday. The blockage is distinctly unfortunate at the present juncture when the railway service is interrupted.