THE GREYMOUTH FLOOD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2642, 8 July 1887, Page 3

THE GREYMOUTH FLOOD.

the f&ods •■fowA beW&ceivell byjhe ;: ': v.Juuus''\ r pgeij:- : I' cou^ntrt;. ;^^e^ r iepp^-}esterdqiy.. The flood rapidly tifdt r tliere' .■wasv;Bkqut tee f&it of 'water 1 m-4ke instrument m, arid I" liadtcgive allmy attention • to-Saving the lives'of-myiiou3e.hold. ■._ Bcfatsoamo to my residence. There flve-'feet ofpter. around it. When ■■;':--%ot baok to : the oflSce in a boat, the ,';•" water", was s.o. higliis'jto' prevent ',me "working- the- instruments.' : The -batIvories were, under, water, there being *%eefeetintheinstrumentroom. There "- ■is extensive damageland' loss. There '"■•' v?as : fully. three feet of a rushing v - vtorrent on Mawhera Quay. . The pi'd •■ 'tective works held good. Had they • - iibt; the universal opinion is that all '' -tho'loworpart of the town would have■'r been-'washed away. 'I. remained up fall night, and. got men, and started '■■ them iiv both to put things! v "straight along- the line,.and I fear it will be some time before all will be. right south of Grey.. I have all the,'! officers at work, and will bo able- to re-opon to the public about noon. All | mail services are suspended. Reports.; . state that all the bridges on tlie rivers ..and streams along the main road up the Grey valley are washed away. .In | . the office not much damage is done, i —H. Oalders. ■ July 7th.