HEAVY RAINFALL.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2900, 14 February 1891, Page 2

HEAVY RAINFALL.

Tiik M Cu-ok "ii t.lie 11 ami! -m ii irluii 1 ■ liifl is in high flood. tin; water I.ts-t night b''iug nearly up I tin- docki ni: and it i< expected lliat, llii- morning tin; water will bo some way up thj hand-rails. About night '»' t |!l > clinniK of the Whatawhata swamp i'< >ai i are under water, I lie water brine: up „v«r tin' axio of u.liiclr* A crop »f K-tnt.oM i» Mr I!. lirnce, near tin: Mangakowhai, is under water, and it is expected that the crops along till! Wslipn flats will »>.» -iibne'r^el.

(r.V Ti'.l.KilKAi'n, —A.-— UCIATIIIN). X'KW I'tAMOl'Tlt, Il i.-t. Night. I I living to the heavy downfall of rain tb« rivers swelled, and the fresh running out ot the Waitoa Uiver was too strong for the (lairloch to steam against, ,-.i she came on the JJronk water. Tim lowlands on the hunks of the Waiwakiho are flooded and the Chinaman's Harden was washed away and a horse was drowned- Several culverts hurst. The watrr is U|i to within a few feet of the floor of several bridges. Wklmncton, Last Xi^ht. Rain fell all night, and this morning is coming down in torrents. Later. It has been raining here heavily all day. The Railway Commissioners have received a telegram to the effect that a portion of the railway line at lionnie (lien, near Tnrr* kina, on the I'ahnersfon-Wauganui line, has been washed away by the Moods. Through tratfic is impeded but it is expected an intetchange of passengers can bo effected by the up and down trains if the dray road is pa.ssahle. Wanijanui, Last Night.

The heaviest Hood ever known came down this morninp. Tauno <»tmy was partly submerged at some points and many boats have been washed to sea. Woodvili.k, List Night. An extraordinary heavy rainfall was experienced last night, ■!{ inches ha vine fallen in 24 hours, which is the heaviest rainfall recorded here. All the rivers are in hirh flood. Ou the Woodville-N apier line tratlic is stopped by slips at Victoria, and at MaUhiwi the embankment is giving way. A portion of t.lie Napier-Falmerston road was washed away. It is believed there are heavy slips on the < I urge line, but there is no possibility of communicating with there yet. Heavy land slips have occurred through the district. The <-orge line is blocked by slips, to the estimated extent of 10,000 tons of earth. The toad is also blocked by three slips.