Tornado Gives Township Exciting Time
NELSON, Dec. 16. Sheets oi' corrugated iron . swirieil tlirougn the air at Brightwater this momiiig whpn a tornado passed close to Brightwater township, 13 miies south of Nelson,; deonohshing several sniall farm buildings and doing oth.er minor property daiuage. > On one; was injured. A Waimea Power BaardftFuck trayej-' ling along . t&et B.tattj . highway tow.ards Nelson was caiigjit in . thfe \ windy and although thp.driver kept. |he vohieie; on the road the canvas canopy '.an'dl'a . heavy extension ladder were blown off into a paddock on the right hand- side. . , The tornado struek ; : during a. hetcvy rain stomf.aud fOrtunately travelled inainly aefo'ss' opeh; country.- ': It cut«a track about'a chain- wide from the nortliern side of- ihe Brightwater Hotel lowards Mount Heslington". " » ! Mr. W. Max was the heaviest ioser. A galvanised iron garage on his pro perty was flattened, ahd half the roof was toru off. A stable and sheaf shed measuring 80 feet by- 20 ieet was blown down and the tops were taken oft' two uearby stacks. On Mr. M. Andrews' property on Mt. Heslington Road 0 a cowshed was lifted off its foundations and severely damaged.
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Chronicle (Levin), 17 December 1949, Page 7
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190Tornado Gives Township Exciting Time Chronicle (Levin), 17 December 1949, Page 7
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