There were heavy freshes in the rivers on the 17th and many parts of the low-lying land were flooded.

Some slight damage was done to the railway line between Timaru and Waimate.

The approaches to several main road bridges were carried away and traffic stopped.

There was a considerable loss of cattle and sheep throughout the Palmerston and Waikouaiti districts. Dead carcasses lay about in all directions.

Many crops on low-lying lands around Palmerston and Waikouaiti were damaged.

Much damage was done to fences in the Palmerston and Waikouaiti districts.

There was a flood in the Waitati River. Before 3pm on the 17th it was higher than ever before known in the memory of the oldest resident.

Many paddocks were under water. Considerable damage was done to paddocks and fencing by the rise in the side creeks feeding the Waitati.

Water from Mr Ferguson's paddocks flowed over the main road.

The creek running from north of Mt Cargill to join the Waitati River was notably flooded. All down the creek paddocks were flooded, as well as some houses never touched by floods before.

One paddock of potatoes was entirely washed away and the ground was rendered useless as the force of the current left shingle exposed.

Some bridges disappeared. The new bridge over a sidewash of the Waitati disappeared completely, as well as the lower bridge near Mr Harris' property. A portion of one of the piers of the bridge over the Main North road disappeared and the bridge had to be taken to pieces.

Some farming implements disappeared down the creek.

One resident had 2 ft (61 cm) of water in his kitchen.

There were very serious floods in Dunedin and the surrounding district.

The main damage was reported from the northward, where the rain was heaviest. The total loss to residents in the suburbs was expected to be considerable. The main damage in town was to one or two street channels.

Railway traffic with the suburbs was suspended due to flooding. Railway traffic south of Dunedin was interrupted due to the Kaikorai Stream flooding the line. The line at Burnside was under water and the stream rushed over it with great violence. Traffic was resumed on the line on the 18th.

At Burnside the water was said to have been 1 ft (32 cm) higher than known since the railway line was constructed.

The Water of Leith was flooded to a very dangerous extent early on the 17th. Before the afternoon it had completely overflowed it banks and was rushing down with immense speed.

The flood from the Water of Leith caused serious damage. Large portions of the banks were undermined all along the course of the stream.

As Leighton and Woodhaugh were approached, small footbridges were either carried away or had their approaches damaged to a considerbable extent. At the sharp bend at Leighton, the force of the water swept away a 40-foot (12.2 m) portion of the road and made a new course for itself, covering nearly 1/4 mile (402 m).

A very severe and sudden inundation was experienced in North East Valley. The ground floor rooms of all the buildings that were not elevated considerably were flooded.

There was water to a depth of 3-4 ft (91 cm-1.2 m) in the area between the school house and the botanical gardens. The main street was a river a couple of feet deep and water stood 1 ft (32 cm) deep in some buildings.

The heaviest individual loss reported in North East Valley was that of a nursery, estimated at £400-£500 ($62,660-$78,330 2008 dollars).

A large quantitiy of water flooded the flat between South Dunedin and Caversham, and a number of houses were inundated.

Property damage was high. A store had its foundations undermined completely.

A great deal of the low-lying ground at Henley was covered.

At Waipori all the drains were overflowing. The ditches at the farms of Mr Barry and Mr Dow were also overflowing, and the lower paddocks were covered with water.

The stone road bridge crossing the Island Stream at Maheno was completely swept away. There was not a stone left to mark where it had once stood.

The quantity of water carried down the Island Stream must have been considerably greater than at any other time in the history of the district.

The Kakanui River was in a strong flood.

The bridge at Outram was impassable on the afternoon of the 18th.

This flood was the most disastrous that had ever been experienced there. The oldest residents could not remember such a flood.

The Pleasant River rose with alarming rapidity. At 8 o'clock the river was overflowing its banks for miles, and the greater portion of the valley was one broad sheet of water.

A man, Mr Hobbs, was drowned in the Pleasant River on the 17th after the buggy he was travelling in, from Palmerston to Dunedin, went over an embankment on the deeply flooded road, just past the bridge. Another man in the party, Mr Foster, had sunk in the river but was rescued and brought round. He remained in a very precarious state and died on the 19th. At the time there was about 4 ft (1.2 m) of water on the centre of the road and about 15 or 16 ft (4.6 or 4.9 m) on either side.

The buggy was smashed.

Both the horses were drowned.

A man, Mr Eddie, was travelling in a single buggy from Goodwood to the railway station, and had crossed the Pleasant River bridge but was swept away in a dip beyond it by the flooded river.

The buggy disappeared in the river.

The horse was drowned.

The Taieri River was in heavy flood on the afternoon of the 18th.

The lower portions of the Taieri Plain were flooded. The greater portion of land in the vicinity of the farms of Mr Shand, Mr Kirkland and Mr Charters was completely under water.

The town was flooded during the storm and several children going home from school narrowly escaped drowning. All the hollws in the neighbourhood were filled with sheets of water.

All the rivers and streams were flooded.

The main street had the appearance of a river.

The oldest residents could not remember such a flood.

A portion of the road leading from Riccarton to Wyllies Crossing was washed away and impassable to all but pedestrians.