WHIRLWIND IN TARANAKI
A TRAIL OF WRECKAGE. By Telegraph—Press Association. New Plymouth, Juno 17. ■ A whirlwind and waterspout did con* sidorable damage round Moturoa this morning. It first struck tho now ironworks, unroofing the offico and just ing tho mixing house. Passing inland, it; levelled ono of tho Taranaki Oil Company's derricks and unroofed a house. Further on it struck an old farmhouse, lifting it bodily and dropping it again, smashing it to pieces. A woman andj fivo children in tho house had a narrow escape, but only ono was slightly injured*,-
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3113, 18 June 1917, Page 4
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92WHIRLWIND IN TARANAKI Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3113, 18 June 1917, Page 4
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