Between September 10 and 15 , its residents surrendered Surrendering 10,000 head of sheep and 300 oxen , as well as most of the island 's weapons .

The floods devastated Destroying farms with 51,700 hectares of pasture and 41,200 hectares of field crops flooded Motion and 6,106 sheep killed Killing .

Livestock losses Earnings_and_losses were very high , with more than 340,000 sheep , 18,000 cattle and numerous native animals either dead Death or later destroyed Destroying .