FIERCE STORM
DAMAGE IN CHRISTCHURCH. PIPES BLOCKED BY HAIL. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, December 16. Accompanied by flashes of vivid lightning and loud peals of thunder, one of the heaviest deluges of rain the city has ever experienced fell in Christchurch today, causing serious damage to a few shops and minor damage to others. Drapery and department stores suffered most, and in some cases it will be several days before the actual loss can be estimated. The aggregate of damage in the city is expected to reach several thousand pounds. City streets in many areas were cov;red by unbroken sheets of water, stormwater channels being unable to carry away the large volume of water. The storm broke shortly after 5 p.m., and within half an hour 68 points of rain had fallen. A surprising feature was that very few interruptions oc-. curred in electric power services, the drainage system and the tram service.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 December 1938, Page 6
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