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HOWLING GALE

THROUGHOUT WAIRARAPA DISTRICT EXTENSIVE DAMAGE DONE IN TOWN AND COUNTRY. CROPS & GARDENS SUFFER. A howling north-westerly gale which swept the Wairarapa district last night isolated Masterton for several hours when communications north and south were broken. Considerable damage was done to orchards, gardens, fences and outbuildings. Many people spent a sleepless night as the gale rocked their houses. Shortly after dusk last night the wind rose -to gale force and after midnight it reached a force reminiscent of that of the 1934 gale. Throughout the district fruit trees were stripped and growing crops such as tomatoes, peas, beans and potatoes were beaten down. Power lines were blown down and telephonic communication with outside districts was broken. By 7.30 o’clock this morning communications north and south had been restored. In Masterton the damage was rather severe. Several power poles were snapped off and large trees were uprooted. Several plate glass windows in Queen Street were blown in and shattered. In other borough streets the roadways were littered with broken branches, etc. Many fences were flattened in whole or part and in Queen Street a wooden building adjacent to Windsor House was badly knocked about. In the Government housing area tile roofs were considerably damaged. The rose garden in the Masterton Park was badly battered and paths in the park were strewn with wreckage. The wind produced the same blackening effect on growing plants as a severe frost. The sky was lit by a huge red glow from the foothills of the Tararua ranges, where the wind had whipped up a bush fire which has been burning for several days. From parts of Masterton flaming trees could be seen standing out' like great torches. The Post and Telegraph Department reports considerable damage to rural and other telephone lines. Members of the staff of the Wairarapa Electric Power Board were at work from an early hour this morning repairing power lines. WILD NIGHT IN CARTERTON BUILDINGS DAMAGED. (“Times-Age” Special.) A northerly gale did considerable damage in Carterton last night and for some hours this morning. It was one of the wildest nights ever experienced in Carterton. Orchards and vegetable gardens suffered severely. Fences were blown down in several parts of the , town. Branches from the trees in Memorial Square were snapped off and distributed around the square. Interruption in connection with the Powei* Board lines resulted in the members of the staff being kept busy all night. At Deller’s meat shop part of the verandah was blown away and deposited in the street. Several telephone lines were cut by .flying iron and boards from buildings.' Sheets of iron from the roof of Mr W. Sorensen’s residence in Garrison Street were blown into the street. At Gayfer’s hairdressing saloon two sky-' lights were blown against the adjoining building. The back portion of the Scout Den was badly damaged, and iron and rafters were strewn in the adjacent right of way. Six or eight sheets of iron were blown from the residential portion of the Carterton Public Library and deposited in the borough yards. When heavy rain fell later the room became flooded. The south-western top frontage of Hadley’s Hall in Broadway was blown out. A WRECKED APPEARANCE CONDITIONS IN GREYTOWN. ORCHARDS SUFFER SEVERELY. (“Times-Age” Special.) A heavy gale swept over Greytown last night, and this morning the town bears a wrecked appearance. Fences were blown down, limbs torn off trees, and gardens laid. flat. Windows were blown in and chimney pots broken. The fruit orchards have suffered severely, particularly in respect of cherries and gooseberries, and, following on last week’s gale, there are now prac- . tically no plums left. Some of the gusts were almost as severe as those in the destructive storm of 10 years ago.

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Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 November 1942, Page 2

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625

HOWLING GALE Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 November 1942, Page 2

HOWLING GALE Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 November 1942, Page 2

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