A report from Little Grey Junction stated that the water there was as high as the Jubilee flood.

All the rivers were in high flood.

The coach traffic was suspended both north and south.

The Pomahaka and Heroitburn were in very heavy flood. Farmers on the banks of both streams suffered severely and in many places the stooks were completely underwater.

The Clutha River was in high flood - the highest since the disasterous one of 1878.

The township of Kelso was almost entirely under water.

In the neighbourhood of Gore and Gordon considerable damage was done.

Among those who sustained serious losses was Mr. J. Hay who lost 20 acres of oats, Mr. J. Cregaon, 40 acres of wheat by the overflow of the Otama Creek.

The Mataura River and its tributaries were in flood and farmers sustained serious losses, especially in the Waikaka Valley.

The flat between the Waikaka and Mataura was to a great extent under water.

Bridges and culverts disappeared.

Residents on the eastern side of the Waikaka were cut off from communication with Gore, the bridge having been swept away.

At Wyndham the Mataura River was very high.

Several farmers lost a considerable portion of their crops.