ROUGH WEATHER.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9535, 6 July 1909, Page 5

ROUGH WEATHER.

TWO AIEN DROWNED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE DONE. By Telegraph—Press Association, THAMES, July 5.

Ehavy floods are reported from several districts gear Thames. A large area was under water, and the damage has been much greater than was at first anticipated. The bridge at Tairua, recently completed, was carried away, kauri logs sweeping away the foundations and carrying the whole structure to the bottom. A portion of the suspension bridge was also carried away. Reports from other districts state that all the rivers are, in flood. Much damage has b6eti caused, and loss of life has also occurred. Henry Davie, aged 17, and Aloert Riley, aged 20, engaged in road work near Hikutai, endeavoured to return on horse-back, and were swept £way by the xushing river. Their bodies were found yesterday, four chains from the bank of the river, covered with sand and debris. : A pitiful feature of the case is that thi father of Davies waited for hours to warn others of the danger, and left reassured by the non-ap-pearance of the two men that they Would not attempt the d-ngerous tisk, Bk&VY RAIN. # GISBORNE, July 5.

Fhenoiffgfiall rainfall is reported from Te Araroa. A correspondent le!6g#£phs that rain commenced at 11 a.ir. on Saturday, and 9 pm. found the gauge registering .650 points. The total registered for 24 hnurs was .665 points. An easterly storm with a good deal of rain, visited Napier on Saturday, but ended during the night. CHRISTCHURCH RAINFALL. CHRISTCHURCH, July 5. Weather prophets threaten us with a wet July. For the few days of it already gone, over an inch of rairi has fallen, and the weather i$ still moist. Since January, the rainfall to date has been an inch and a quarter (?), and as the yearly average is 26 inches, with the most of July and all August—the wettest months —still to go the average seems certain to be reachsd. The wet weather is stopping most kinds of outdoor labour.