NAJ'JKIL April 7. A t>ii-milo-:ui-liour gaiu hufi'etcd llio N.'ipicr ilistrii-t during tnp night. Tlu; ruuf ul" tho old grundstund :it MoLean I'ark i\as Iduun almnst foniphvto.ly »il', uii' largo sorlioii hoing tossod noarly 20u y ards acni>s the strvet and "lancing ' ti corncr nt' a house bci'ore crushing a j t'eucc to tne groutul tuni eoining to rest ,shattered. Tv> o Government owned.l i ex-army huildings used as emergency j storage sfitice for wool were extensive- j ly damaged. Orchards in the cfistrirt j are nqn rted not to have sufl'e.red lietA'-'i ily because of e.xteu-ive slielter belts ' oi tree-s but there was inuch vvindfall 1 fruit. Many trees were uprooted, gates blown from liinges and fences fiattened,
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Chronicle (Levin), 8 April 1948, Page 5
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