Whirlwind Strikes Two Houses
('IIIir.STCTIl.TtCJI, Marcli o. A w Jiirhvind parliaJly unroofud two J|ou.-es i ji St. AJhan's tius aflenioon. lofl «i liaiTow trail of cnisliod plants in • 'ganlcns and disappcarud upwards ugain. Kcsidciifs dcscnbod it as " brici oul terrifying. " The wliirlwind, aec.onipanied by a roar, ripped niany tiles froiu the roors of )>otli Iiouses. VI ost of tlie tiles wero broken and damage was done to tne plaster and wallpaper from rain coniing I'roni the holes iji the roofs. 'I he liouseholders wero VI essrs. F. Drayton, 72 Floelcton Street, and K. JN Cani])b(dl, of 74 Floekton Street. VVorkmen were busy n.s soon as possible rcpairing tlie roofs and liltiug' new tiles to prevent damage from the rain. For .4OHI0 timo after the whirlwind residents of the dislrict stood about in their gardens diseussiug tlie effects of it. Some said they saw il disappear upvvards like a whirlwind cloud.
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Chronicle (Levin), 6 March 1948, Page 7
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150Whirlwind Strikes Two Houses Chronicle (Levin), 6 March 1948, Page 7
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