GREYMOUTH.
May 12. About 5.30 this morning a sort of whirlwind from the S.W. direction went through the town, leaving its course marked by wrecked houses, chimneys blown down, and verandahs and fences carried away. It first blew down a large pile-driver, then wrecked most of the houses on the west side of Mackay- street, smashed up a new two storey building used as a Chinese store, and owned by Wy Kee, and blew the end out of the Great Western Hotel. The next place of importance to suffer was the English Church, one-half of which was utterly smashed up, while the part left standing was twisted on the piles. The parsonage also was considerably damaged. A good deal of minor damage was done to private dwellings, until the whirlwind struck tbe hill, where all trace of it is lost, the last house injured being Mr Perkins' a lawyer who lives on the slope of the hill. His verandah roof was carried fifty yards away, some of the garden trees being broken by the wind and other damage being done. The total damage is estimated at £4000.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3081, 12 May 1881, Page 3
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187GREYMOUTH. Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3081, 12 May 1881, Page 3
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