The Ohinemuri Floods.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4436, 24 March 1883, Page 2 (Supplement)

The Ohinemuri Floods.

Pabsoa, February 24. The floods that have visited this district are the highest we have had for years, and- the fall, amount of damage, done is not yet knows, but up to the present the list is a large one. Starting at Waihi, the bridge erected over the Ohinenrari Biver by the Tauranga County Conneil left its foundation and sailed down the river, coming into contact with the bridge erected by the Thames County Council gome three years ago* and the force of the contact cut this bridge in two, and has left the piles standing in the middle of the river. The small bridge leading into;Waihi was also carried away. / The bridge at Owharoa stood for some time, but * the amount of timber coming into contact with it caused it to share the fate

lof the larger structures. The Smile < f Fortune water race has carried away 'about 120 feet of piping, and all tho timber work on which it was erected; this will cause a severe losb to that Company. Sereral hundred yards of metal, the property of IVIr Trainor, has been washed into the river, and in several places the road on the bank of the Ohineinuri River has been washed away. Little damage was done to the Waihi flaming, only some few pieces of timber being lost. A large quantity of timber has been washed away. ■At Karangahake little damage was done, only about two lengths of the fluming being carried off. The swamp on the Te Aroba road was in some parts several feet under water, and some of the bridges in the bush were washed away. The lower part of Paeroa and the Puke Boad had several feet of water on them. The roads in all directions are 1 greatly damaged.