VIOLENT STORM
MANY BUILDINGS DAMAGED RIVER CRAFT PILED UP. -j*S«** PEOPLE IN A PANIC. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. (Received May 22, 11 a.m.) PERTH, May 22. A violent storm swept the southern part of the state. Many buildings in Perth were damaged. Scores of river craft were wrenched from Iheir moorings and piled up alongside the foreshore. The wind reached a velocity of 56 miles an hour, and rain fell in torrents. Broken electric light, and pow-er cables held up tram traffic. ✓ Panic reigned in a two-storcy building at Guildford, which was almost demolished by a “willy-willy”. The roof was carried off and blown into the street 150 feet from the building, the 15-inch thick walls of which collapsed.
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Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19892, 22 May 1936, Page 7
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120VIOLENT STORM Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19892, 22 May 1936, Page 7
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