EXCEPTIONAL HAILSTORM
DAMAGE DONE IN ASHBURTON,
-, (EI TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.) -. -; ASHBTJRTON'; This Day. A hailstorm of exceptional violence swept Ashburton last evening. Damage is reported in many shops and houses' 1 through water entering from blocked spontings or flooded backyards. Glass verandahs also Buffered. Considering the' . weight of hail, the damage to broach 9 leafed plants, . such as cabbages . and ■turnips, was surprisingly small. Tele- ■ phonic and telegraphic communication , was interrupted for two hours, due to lightning fusing wires at a terminal pole at the post office.
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Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 63, 17 March 1922, Page 8
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86EXCEPTIONAL HAILSTORM Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 63, 17 March 1922, Page 8
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