A PHENOMENAL HAILSTORM.
(By Telegraph—Press Association.)
CHRISTCHURCH, Thursday
A very heavy thunderstorm broke over the city to-day, and splendid rain fellin most of the northern districts of Canterbury", along the foot of the hills. At Springfield, Addington, Oxford, and Mew Hill', there was a phenomenal hailstorm, the hailstones being as large as walnuts. At the Woodside School, out of 60 windows, only four were left unbroken, and many houses had the windows broken on all four sides. The rain will be very welcome along the coast but reports from inland districts show that the standing crops are cut down in all directions, orchards are stripped of fruit, and many trees are almost leafless. The mailman at Mew Hill had his hat broken in, and was badly cut and bruised about the head. To estimate the extent of the damage is at present impossible. .-.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 303, 23 December 1898, Page 5
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