THE STORM.
On Tuesday afternoon this district was visited by one of the roughest storms experienced tor some considerable time. The whole day the weather was threatening and just before five o’clock the wind rose to hurricane strength, accompanied by blinding rain. This state of affairs continued for some hours and during the height of the storm it was almost impossible to stand up against the wind and rain. Con; siderable damage was done to gardens and orchards and a large number of trees were uprooted. On the Himatangi road the plantations suffered severely, many trees being blown down. A number of outbuildings in different parts ot the town were shifted by the lorce of the blast and in one case a building was lifted right over a fence into the adjoining paddock. Almost the whole of the roof of Messrs Barber Bros’, woolshed at Himatangi was lifted off and 15 bales of wool in the shed were drenched. On account of the rain during the week the rivers are flooded, the road between Shannon and the bridge being nothing but a sheet of water.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1186, 18 December 1913, Page 2
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185THE STORM. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1186, 18 December 1913, Page 2
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