WELLINGTON STORM
TRAMWAY SERVICES DISORGANISED. 56-MILE-AN-HOUR GUSTS. Wellington Dec. 7. From 6.15 until 8 o'clock the whole tramway service was disorganised oz"ing to faulty insulation of the cables on the Courtney Place section caused by the storm overnight. It took a long time to locate the fault and meanwhile trams, unaware of the position, ran on to the dead lines preventing the various services continuing to their destination. Oriental Bay, Hataitai, and Kilbirnie residents were directly affected by the trouble and, having no trams at all, many people had to come to work through the tunnel. The storm last night completed the damage commenced by last week’s storm. As the wind on this occasion was from the opposite directioncoming from the north-west—it thus reached spots previously sheltered. Trees, fences and wires suffered but not so much as last week. A number of houses this morning found telephones and electrical services interrupted. Many aerials came down at Thorndon. The biggest gust registered was at 3.30—56 miles an hour. Many over 50 were recorded throughout yesterday and last night.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 7 December 1927, Page 5
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177WELLINGTON STORM Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 7 December 1927, Page 5
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