THE WEATHER.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXII, Issue 8947, 12 October 1907, Page 2

THE WEATHER.

Bad Weather in Taranaki. Press Association. New Plymouth, October 11. Tbe bad weather continues with little sign of clearing and growth is very backward, , An e’ectrical storm this afternoon was responsible for considerable damage Lightning struck and knocked the front out of the Waiongona railway station and shattered a number of telegraph poles, breaking and fusing the wires. In consequence the railway telegraph system was interrupted ami trains were hold up owing to consequent breakdown of the tablet system.

Yesterday was one of the most unpleasant days that has been experienced in s Palmerston for soma considerable time. Throughout the day a heavy gale of wind raged unceasingly, and those who were compelled to he out in it had a most unpleasant experience. So power--ful was the wind that pedestrians found it a matter of very great_ difficulty to make any headway against it. Early in the afternoon a hoarding near the Clarendon Hotel was blown down and two ladies, Miss Archer and Miss Mellor, who happened to bo passing, had a rather exciting experience. Miss Archer was struck on the side and knocked down and both ladies suffered somewhat from the effects of the excitement. They were taken into the Clarendon Hotel whore they wore medically attended, and afterwards removed to their homes not very much the worse for their unpleasant experience. Several glass windows about the town were blown m, and the damage done in this direction alone is fairly extensive. A plate glass window in Mr W. Pegden’s shop was cracked right across, and windows in the Clarendon and Railway Hotels were also smashed. Mr Harry Muller, the well-known and popular custodian of the Opera House, had rather a fortunate escape. "While walking along Church-street the limb of a tree fell and struck him on the left shoulder. The injury sustained is not serious, but it is a matter for congratulation that he was not badly hurt. The’ gale was, in addition, punctuated at intervals with showers of bitterly cold and blinding rain, which aided to the general unpleasantness.