GREYMOUTH.
This day. A Whirlwind at Greymoutli
Damage £4000
About 5.30 this morning a sort of whirlwind from the south-weat direction went through the town, leaving its course marked by wrecked houses, chimneys blown down, verandahs Tand fences carried away. It first blew down a large piledriver, and then wrecked most of the houses on the west side of Mackay street, smashed up a new two storey building used as a Chinese stored owned by My Kee, and blew the end out of tbe Great Western Hotel. The next place of importance to Buffer was the English Church, one-half of which was utterly smashed up, while the part left standing was twisted on its piles. The parsonage also was considerably damaged. A good deal of minor damage was done to private dwellings until the whirlwind struck the hill, where all traces of it is lost, the last house injured being that of Perkins', the lawyer, who lives on the slope of the hill. His verandah and roof were carried 50 yards away. Some of the garden trees were .broken by the wiud, and other damage was done. The total damage is estimated at £4000.
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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3859, 12 May 1881, Page 2
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194GREYMOUTH. Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3859, 12 May 1881, Page 2
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