HEAVY GALES AT NAPIER
NAPIER, April 7. A 60-mile-an-hour gale bttffeted the Napier district during th? night. The roof .of the old grandstand at McLean Park was blown almost completely off, one large section being tossed nearly 200 yards across a street. Orchards in the district are ' reported not to have suffered heavily because of the extensive shelter belts of trees, but there was much windfall fruit. Travelling fast from southern latitudes, two depressioms reached Wellington this morning and changed the wea.Jher .sharply 'from summer to . winter. The temperature in the early morning dropped from 59 to 45 degrees, the lowest this year. There was heaw rain for a short period
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA19480408.2.31
Bibliographic details
Grey River Argus, 8 April 1948, Page 4
Word Count
111HEAVY GALES AT NAPIER Grey River Argus, 8 April 1948, Page 4
Using This Item
Copyright undetermined – untraced rights owner. For advice on reproduction of material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in