TORNADO AT GREYMOUTH.

Evening Post, Volume XXI, Issue 110, 12 May 1881, Page 2

TORNADO AT GREYMOUTH.

HALF A STREET BLOWN AWAY. £4000 WORTH OF DAMAGE DONE. f UNITED PBBBB ASSOCIATION.] GRRYMOtr*a, This Day. About 5.30 this morning, a sort of whirlwind from a south-west direction, went through the town, leaving its course marked by wrecked houses, chimnojs blown down, and verandahs and fencing carried away. It first blew down a large pile-driver, thon wrecked most of the houses on the west side of Mackay-street, smashed up a new twostory building used as a Chinese store, owned by Wy Kee, and blew the end v outt>f 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, and a good deal of minor damage was done to private dwellings, until the whirlwind struck the hill, where all trace of it is lost, the last house injured being that of Mr. Perkius, the lawyer, who lives on the slope of the hill. His verandah roof was carried fifty yards away. Some of the garden trees were broken by the wind, and .other damage done. The total damage is estimated at about .£4OOO.