ROUGH WEATHER.
Press Association. GREY MOUTH, last night. The severest gale over remembered swept over the town on Saturday night and Sunday morning, doing enormous damage. Nearly every place in the business portion of the town suffered some damage. On Ma-w-hern Quay plate-glass windows were smashed, and several verandahs were carried bodily away. Tho roofs of sheds in the railway yards were torn off, and Detective Campbell’s residence was almost totally destroyed. Victoria Park suffered severely, the 'grand-stand being blown down and fences laid low. Two houses hi
course of erection near the park collapsed. The foundry roof was taken off. The residential portion had fences blown down, trees uprooted, and several chimneys blown down. Tho gale is still raging, and it is . unsafe to bo in the streets. Sheets of iron, etc., arc flying everywhere. The damage is estimated to ruii into thousands of pounds. Although thore were several narrow escapes no serious accidents are reported.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2138, 22 July 1907, Page 3
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157ROUGH WEATHER. Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2138, 22 July 1907, Page 3
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