BUILDINGS UNROOFED
GALE IN TARANAKI ELDERLY WOMAN INJURED. SEVERAL SHEDS BLOWN DOWN. (Bv Telegraph—Press Association.) NEW PLYMOUTH, August 26. Damage was done in many parts ox the coastal districts of Taranaki today by a violent southerly gale, ana one person was injured. The districts that suffered most severely were Oakura and Okato. The roofs of the public hall and of a dwelling were blown off at Oakura and at Okato one house lost its roof. Several sheds were blown down and the chimney of a newly-built dwelling was razed. Trees on many farms were uprooted. Exceptionally heavy rain fell at Rahotu and entered the store and several houses, the roofs of which were damaged by the storm. Power and telephone lines were broken in several localities and the electricity supply to many farms in the Okato district had not been restored tonight. Caught by a sharp gust at New Plymouth, an elderly woman, Miss A. Whiting, was blown over and dislocated a shoulder. She was admitted to hospital.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 August 1942, Page 2
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