A CYCLONE IN SOUTHLAND.
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[ PAST AND PRESENT COLLEGE.
(PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.)
INVERCARGILL, December 10.
An extraordinary affair occurred at the township of Mataura this afternoon. A peculiar revolving body of cloud was seen high in the air, moving up the river towards the township. The water of the river was »een to smoke, and was afterwards lifted in t ridge by the suction of the whirlwind. It missed the township, but curving round Btruck a paper mill with a terrific roar, tearing the entire roof off the main building, and plastering the face of a hill hundreds of yards away with Bheet iron. Some of the were thrown two and a half chains, one was hurt and the machinery was not damaged. Eye witnesses say the roof of the mill rose like an umbrella and broke up in the air. There were two sounds like the firing ot big pins, and it was thought a boiler had Ixploded. Women having relatives m the mm hurried to the scene dreading fatal accidents. The cyclone swept along and travelled off south-east, but no further damage is reported.
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Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 8043, 11 December 1891, Page 6
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