TORNADO REPAIRS
ELEVEN HOUSES REOCCUPIED (P.A.) HAMILTON, August 27, Eleven of the houses which were fairly severely damaged in tlie tornac.o on Wednesday in the Hamilton cast and Hamilton areas were repaired by last night by gangs of carpenters and men working in each of the zones, and the occupants will be moving back into their homes to-day. Before 8 o’clock this morning gangs of builders and carpenters concentrated on two of the very badly damaged, but repairable, houses m each ol the 11 zones, and began the task of,rebuilding. . , , In most cases complete new root:, will be required, but with urgency being applied for all materials and no limit on hours of work, it is hoped that several of these homes will be readv for occupation by to-night and most of them by the end of the week.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 68, Issue 273, 28 August 1948, Page 5
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