TORNADO AT CAMBRIDGE.
Shortly before 8 a.m. yesterday morn- . ting a sto.fih/of ;wihd7and rain passed oyer, the Cambridge district. ' A£ Hautapu, only two m_e& away from, the borough, it assumed the form of a tor- , .nadO'Or-cyclpne,-and-did Mr. Jarred:■•__,will's, threshing _ .plant considerable 'damage. *' It "bodily lifted tie elevator, and dashed'.it:tp the'grpund, breaking it into a thousand pieces. In~"its flight the. elevator collided with' the threshing .fobs:, "and damaged it",7but. not ~ .'severely. . Had this happened when the men.were at ; ' "work, some";' Of ' them must have ""'• been kiUed;- ; ""'7:7.:."7"" '"'-'7 „:A. young man •who was driving a carfcloadofmilk: to -the Haufcpu Factory got -a.-great-scare;-for the wind seemed to have collected all. the ,d_ied fern and other-debris .from the adjoining pad- " docks, and" deposited it on the top of _ "him and his' vehicle; until 'both were almost hidden from view.- ----- ■:
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 89, 15 April 1913, Page 2
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