WHIRLWIND DAMAGE
TRAMWAYS BARN UNROOFED.
PIECES FLUNG 400 YARDS.
WORKMAN’S NARROW ESCAPE.
GARAGE LIFTED OVER MOTORCAR.
(Per Press Association). AUCKLAND, This Day
A whirlwind which struck the roof of the large tramways barn at Epsom at 2 o’clock this morning carried away 100 feet of roof,' which was scattered over the adjoining Auckland Trotting Club’s course. Pieces of roof were found over 400 yards away, other pieces piercing the plate-glass windows of the main trotting grandstand. The night foreman (Mr A. Cal dor) said the whirlwind came with a sudden blinding flash and terrifying roar. There was no time for the 22 men on night work to escape before portion of the roof was torn off. They dashed out, but the whirlwind ended as suddenly as it came.
One man had a narrow escape. He was cleaning a tram-car when a 20-foot long beam, six by four, fell perpendicularly within 12 inches of him, clearing a tram-car and falling into the pit. Numerous fences and wireless poles were blown down in the Epsom district. A large wooden garage was flung bodily into the next section, coming to rest on its roof about.4o feet away from its original site. The car remained in. its original position, undamaged.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 59, Issue 224, 5 July 1939, Page 6
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