WELLINGTON SWEPT.
WIDESPREAD DAMAGE. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Thursday. Wellington experienced a heavy southerly gale last night, but little rain fell in the city. There was a fail of Bin, however, in the catchment area in the Waimii and Orongorongo Ranges. The rough seas in the harbour damaged the Hutt Road and railway, interfering with the train running this morning, but the normal service was resumed f ,his afternoon. Chimneys, fences, ' ti'ees, telephone wires and radio aerials wei'e blown down in the city and suburban areas. The Hutt River rose 11 foet above normal, but is now falling. Water crossed the road at Sllverstreani. The ferry steamer Maori arrived on time from Lyttelton, but the Matangi was an hour late from Nelson.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 121, 24 May 1935, Page 14
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