BIG BLOW AT HAWERA

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 156, 21 March 1918, Page 6

BIG BLOW AT HAWERA

MUCH DA.MAGIO DONE.

Hawcra felt tho full ioreo of the heavy gale on Tuesday morning, and a i great ileal of damage was done uiroujjiiuiit the district,. Windows were I blown in, trees unroooed. and chimneys blown down. At Noiiintown. which is even moro exposed to the easterly, the roof of Mr. W. Jl. Shaw's house was lifted by the gale, one piece of roofing iron being blown on to an outhouse at the railway station. Considerable damage was done at Quin's mill, a large part of the roof being damaged, also the end ol the factory, while timber was blown all over the place. Symes's mill was moro fortunate, and only minor damage was done t« the roof and ; n the yard. Tho full .force of the gale was felt at the Egmont Racing Club's course, where the damage done, it is estimated, will cost some hundreds of pounds to repair. The row of stalls from the gate to the sand roll has been laid flat, and four of the loose-boxes between the course and the sand roll have been unroofed. Some irou- has been blown off (lie grandstand and stewards' stand. A number of the pine tices near the caretaker's cottage have uiso bixm levelled. T. Pine's stable, across the road from the course, lost part of thu roof, and many chimneys in the same- locality were blown down, while cbeds and stacks suffered severely. Quo sliwi was moved right across a live-acro paddock, and luiother wae lifted bodily to the road, damaging telegraph and telephone wires in transit. Snoots of iron arc said to have been seen Hying before tho wind liko'fenthcrs. At- the cemetery the roof of a shed was lifted and blown right across tho grounds as far as tho custodian's house. Several tombstones were blown over and one was broken. Glass bowls enclosing wreaths were scattered in all directions. Tho gali.' struck Elth.nn; with terrific force, fences, fowl runs, fruit troes and garden produce generally suffering,- while in sonic cases bi" piuo and gum trees were razed to the ground. In tiio town itself signs were blown down, and inrn embellishments to verandahs mot with a similar fate.