LANDSLIP IN THE GORGE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 301, 22 November 1883, Page 3

LANDSLIP IN THE GORGE.

*i r.r-<v *Wcrt :■ -r j Wo hea* that a landslip •■df-unpred&i dented dimensions , has taken place jinn the Gorge, completely siopping all 1 traffic m - meantime. 'Tmr slip 'is said to '■ be the- hea 1 ifest that has yet : taken place iv that ldcality, ; an immense mass of earth coniinig down, and bringing' iwitb. it- trees; telegraph poles, i&c.-, ? the wires tteing so twisted and 'broken ab' to> suspend telegraphic communication until restored.' We hear that the of the Masterton coach ■ Saw the - slip OOfflinencirig tb move ahead of hipv, -and hfcd the c6abh*l)een ; a little 1 furtherOft it wotjld : have been" caught r amT t J?ifcher ; buried or ->enfc over into the river. ■ • T6*our mind, danger of slips occurring 4« thkmost to be dreaded on this jour•''qey, as ihey^ give' bu* little warning before descending. 'They* are -phenomena thai" ' gerieraflly 1 occurred after p^dl6n^edTain*i,' and^the siffes of | th& cliff < being^ Wo steep nearly pll, through, the locality will always, or, it lentil for gears' to co>»e be liable to such We are '■ plerfsed tliafc we haveMn'ot tta recorxLa' seriou* accident hs the result of 'the heavy slip which, has temporarily-intetrupted traffic. On »,accbutifcdfAthe impossibility of getting , vehicles through until tfi'e- -slip is re-, s!ino»eib.'mnttlß«B,iTd^passenpfers;*have to exchange coaches, though vis is pvobible ti^Afc'WiirDcV^storea 'by (6-iiiorrbv. : ;5 -