GALE AND FLOODS
SOUTH ISLAND SUFFERS ASHBURTON RACECOURSE BADLY DAVLAGED Press Association ASHBURTON, To-day. Strong nor’-west winds which have prevailed in Ashburton County for the last two weeks reached a climax on Saturday evening when the gale attained hurricane force, lasting until daybreak yesterday morning. Roofs were lifted off sheds and fences broken. It is stated this was the worst windstorm in the Methven and Rakaia districts for 40 years. On many county roads traffic was suspended through the routes being blocked by trees. On one stretch of half a mile in the Alford Forest district 60 broken pines were counted. Electric light and telephone wires were brought down. The eastern portion of the borough was without power for three hours on Saturday evening, and again during the night. Damage amounting to between £4OO and £SOO was done to the grand-stand at the Ashburton Racecourse. The entire east end of the main stand was blown out. and the main roof sheltering one lid of the Horse stalls, numbering 30, was ripped off and the stalls were considerably knocked about. Another line of horse stalls was moved bodily.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19281008.2.4.5
Bibliographic details
Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 479, 8 October 1928, Page 1
Word Count
187GALE AND FLOODS Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 479, 8 October 1928, Page 1
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Sun (Auckland). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in