THE EIFFEL TOWER IN A STORM.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2701, 2 November 1889, Page 5 (Supplement)

THE EIFFEL TOWER IN A STORM.

Eiffel's Tower has felt not only the effects of the recent thunderstorm, but also of the tremendous hurricanes which blew over Paris on Wednesday August 21st, and the day before. " The wind was in full force on the second and third platforms, and whistled and shrieked through the metal interstices at a furious rate, the elevators were shaken by the howling blaats, and on the third platform a slight oscillation was experienced during the height of the gale. Notwithstandine the wind many people continued their asceuts undauntedly, and soveral bold Britons notably enjoyed the emotions caused by a tempest at such an altitudo from Una fmiw. Towards evening, however the visitors became fewei , , and the elevators discontinued working at a comparatively early hour. The watchman on the top of tho Tower stuck to his post throughout the storm, which was more violent below than above him. During one of the gales a statue in the Norwegiau section was blown down and smashed into a thousand fragments. The broken work of art was the " Whistling Boy," by Hertzberg, of Christiania. Another statue, by Sheibrok, was also falling when it was saved by some reruns who were stundiiisr tv'i , '•"•