THE FLOODS IF CANTERBURY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1368, 2 May 1883, Page 2

THE FLOODS IF CANTERBURY.

(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) LATEST PARTICULARS, Timaru May 1. Heavy rain continued to fall throughout the district last night and ;to-day, causing the heaviest flood known for many years; 3'lsinfell during Mon : day and Monday night, The rivers are very high, but none' of the larger bridges are damaged." A portion of the township of Temuka.;lias: been under water for the last 24: hoursj and a number of the residents, had to leave their houses. At Albuiy a blacksmith's shop was washed away by' the river, and a family named Coiiper barely escaped with life. At the Washdyke several families had to bei,taken from their dwellings on horfeiack in the middle of the night. Considerable loss of live stock is reported|.Ud it will be heavier if.therain does ss. soon pease. The railway is consideipiy damaged on the North ana Soutoid; Albury Lines, and traffic is'stpppjf. _ Ajmbk bar of small 'bridges have been washed away. No ■mails' / haye' imved from Dunedin or Mr Back, traffic is. here and : doing''his utmost.' ,''.■ ■'. ■•. •'•;» = !-: " 1 ' ; ~ v ,'.' r ' . CuRiSTOHDR ; I|,;May 1.; ," The railway that in consequence of breaches in the road' between Rakaiaand Studbtae Junction and the damage-to the :r Ashburton Bridge,. it is not. expected that the trains will be able to run further South to-morrow, than may be possible to take passengers across" the portionbefcweenßakaiaandCherfcsybya trolly, and then to Ashburton byi train; but it is not : probable that passengers can {be conveyed south further than Ashburton. .Traffic is suspended on the North Line. ,The rain is much lighter now than during the day! ': ■*■ Oamaru, May 1. . The heavy rain which ; has been falling for the last three days, has had rather a serious effect u]pon the railway lines. The express train from Dunedin arrived at the usual time, but wasunable to proceed to Timaru, owing to several portions of the lines between Studholme Junction and Timaru being carried away or otherwise injured.' A.. train: from Oamaru to Tim'aruy which left in the afternoo^n,' got. as : far as Studholme Junction > but was! unable' to return owing, to tlw; line being injured since it had passed; :i There be■: no reports of injuries to 'the" Southern or branch lines.>-; It vis still; raining, and there are no present indications of- '■ the weather clearingup. v' : S^ ! - ;