A TERRIFIC STORM.
Ico Stoaes as Si; as Eggs.
[By Telegraph.]
(United Press Association.)
Invercaeoill, Wednesday,
A terrific hailstorm was experienced at Riverton yesterday, preceded by a tremendous thunderstorm, lasting till after a shower of ice (.tones. Some of these were as large as hens' eggs. The fall lasted ten minutes. Not a single skylight or conservatory escaped, nearly every pane of glass being completely riddled. Fruit and vegetables suffered severely. A school boy named Miller was blinded for a time by \he lightning and sent home. There was an electrical disturbance In other parts of the district, but not severe, and the hailstorm was confined to Riverton.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3728, 5 February 1891, Page 2
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108A TERRIFIC STORM. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3728, 5 February 1891, Page 2
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