STORMS AND FLOOD.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8545, 28 September 1907, Page 7

STORMS AND FLOOD.

By Telegraph—Press Association, j j EKETAHUNA, September 27. j Curing the storm here on Wednesday, the culverts were unable to carry away the water,- and iow-lying ground was all submerged. The roads in the district suffered somewhat severely by the slips. The rivers are in high flood. A quantity of stock was drowned, trees uprooted, roofs of sheds dislodged, and chimneys blown down by the wind. Gardens in many cases have been almost destroyed. _ The train service is interrupted, the telephone system disorganised, and there is only partial -telegraph communication. The weather is now fine, but it is blowing heavily. DUNEDIN, September 27. A strong southerly gale, with heavy hail showers, is being experienced. It is doing damage to fruit trees, which were in advanced bloom. WOODVILLE, September 27. The weather during the past day or two has been very bad. The rivers are in high flood. Last night a most violent thunderstorm raged for nearly an hour, accomnanied by an incessant downpour of hail, which it is feared will cause much mortality among lambs. WANGANUI, September 27. Heavy rain, with a gale, has been experienced for the last two days. The weather now has cleared. The river' rose 20 feet at Pipiriki, 55 . .armies from town. The river steamer Waimarie, coming down on the flood " -—-tide, made the trip in 3f hours.