Heavy rain caused flooding in the Waipawa River on the 4th of December 1893.

Tutaekuri and Ngaruroro Rivers broke their banks with widespread damage resulting.

Tukituki and Ngaruroro Rivers and their affluents were higher than they had been for years.

Papakura, Meeanee and Taradale all were inundated.

Crops of hay and potatoes were destroyed.

Patangata and Tamumu Bridges and spans of the railway bridge were washed away.

Several people drowned.

Continued heavy rains resulted in considerable damage from Te Aute to Waipukurau.

Several great gaps scoured out of the railway line between Te Aute and Waipawa.

Tukituki River broke its banks near the bridge and swept over Clive.

People were forced to leave their homes and some sought safety on roofs.

At the Karamu crossing water was higher than the tops of fences.

Several houses in and near the town were entirely surrounded.

Some residents had to abandon their homes.

Streets were flooded.

A man drowned after trying to prevent a bridge over Maraekakaho River from being washed away along with a party of other men.

There was heavy rain all day at Waipawa.

Waipawa River was in flood and was higher than ever known before.

A portion of the south end of the Waipawa railway bridge was washed away.

The town was flooded.

Torrents were crossing roads in many places.

The reservoir was overflowing.

The lower lands in the bush were submerged.

A mile of railway line was washed away on the north end of Te Aute and there was another gap near Pukehou.

600 sheep were drowned.

There was no communication to the north or south of the township.

Several families in the Waipawa bush had to be rescued as there was with 2 ft (0.61 m) of water in their houses.

Waipawa River flooded to the highest level to that date.

Tukituki River overflowed its banks and flooded some stores in the township.

Trains couldn’t get north beyond Waipukurau.