TORNADO AT TE AROAROA.
; ■""POST OFPICK 1 SjTRUeK. •"•' M '' ' ; MUCH DAMAGE DOXE."-'"■■■;•- ' •j i'.By Telegraph.—Press Association. '■■'-, '. ../; Wellington;.April.2B. • The following telegram 'has been re- ' ceivp ( } ,ji)}j| the,'Seerptary. of .the General 'Post s%s,,jrpm .the •postmistress'' at'Tc Araroa:—"A- itornndo, ;aml ' .lightning ■'■. struck the post office (luring a gale at' . lb.ty a.m. It did considerable damage to the chjniney'on,the western side and ••: snapped;; off utta top half,:' which! was! ■■ ! blown; on the' rpirf; ; ' Tw,o window's w'cre: , smashed and the ' back ' door,' and the Troof 1 on; the eastern sjde;'wa& c6n9idcb.': j ably sprung.-,! The' office, itself:is several [■ jnclies otjtjo'fr. 'plumb.'; All : map's and , postbrq were blown clean out... The ! outeir fence of the enclosure! was. tie- ' ,strbycd and carried_across_the_road. On "the western end the" material shed was blown ifteajid:/a,,'wimd4TC'l<brokei). lAII teleplwnei' wires r.weretblown' down, one 'only remaining.''; >:'•: •/<<, I-,!i •>''•/. f.v i ■■■
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 274, 29 April 1915, Page 7
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136TORNADO AT TE AROAROA. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 274, 29 April 1915, Page 7
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