ROOFING IRON IN AIR
MISTAKEN FOR CRASHING
PLANE
NEW PLYMOUTH, June 4.
'< Roofing iron borne aloft by a whirlwind during a thunderstorm in the Uruti district, today was mistaken for a crashing aeroplane. The New Plymouth police were informed, and an investigation was mrde. All aeroplanes in the North ' Island were accounted for. The police discovered that the whirlwind had wrecked . a pigsty and carried sheets of iron distances up to two miles. '
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 132, 5 June 1937, Page 16
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73ROOFING IRON IN AIR Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 132, 5 June 1937, Page 16
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