Last Night's Flood.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2785, 17 January 1878, Page 3

Last Night's Flood.

The heavy fall of rain last night had the effect of causing quite a flood on various parts of the township. The Waiotahi culTerfc from tho Queen of Beauty battery to the Beach road was filled with debris, sand and stones from tho Waiotahi Creek, which had the effect at about midnight of turning tho water into the Caledonian battery yard, from which it flowed across the street, and soon completely flooded tho yards and houses on tho western side of Owen street, between Burke and Coromandel streets, some of the residences baring as much as a foot of water on the floor. A portion of the water, increased by the heavy downpour of rnin founds its way down the eastern side of Owen and Brown itreets, and as shortly, tho rubbush which came down with the water formed each culvert into a dam, all the street corners were completely under water, and when the waters went down they were covered with a slimy muddy deposit. The corner of Owen and Abraham streets suffered most of all, the footpath from Cosuravo's shop to Benshaw's corner being from 6 inches to one foot under water. Mr Benshaw's shop was flooded, and a con- j liderable amount of damage done to goods on the floor. Mr Green, the hatter, noticed the rising of the water in time to remove a large number of valuable chapeaus from the floor to a higher and dryer place. His shop and kitchen were 3 inches . under water, and high water mark in Mr Kenshaw's was about nine inches. The footpath wa3 covered with sand and mud to a depth of about nine inches. A considerable amount of damage was also done to the back premises. Some portions of Albert street were under water, but no damage of any consequence befel this part of the Borough. There was a very heavy fresh in the Hape Creek, which destroyed portions of the head race conveying water to "Mr Manning's reduction works, and a number of fences and timber, etc., were to be seen floating down to sea.