WHIRLWIND CAUSES
DAMAGE \
POLES SNAPPED OFF
(By Telegraph—Press Association.)
CHRISTCHURCH, December 21
A heavy thunderstorm from the south-east broke over the Oxford district about 1 p.m. today. It was preceded by an exceptionally heavy hailstorm; the hailstones were described by residents as jagged pieces of ice. In the Warren district the storm was accompanied by a whirlwind which caused considerable damage. Two telephone poles were snapped off close to the ground, heavy branches of trees were broken off and hurled high in the air, and some crops were partly ruined by the whirlwind, which seemed to be confined to a width of about ten chains.
At Carlton, Mr. A. E. Cross was a heavy loser. The whole of one side of his glasshouse, containing 120 panes of glass, was destroyed by hail, and 15 panes in his house were shattered. Reinforced skylights on some of the outbuildings were also shattered by the hail. His crops were extensively damaged, about two-thirds of one paddock of oats being ruined.
A second storm broke about 6 p.m. with torrential rain and hail.
The rainfall recorded at Carlton was 1.l Bin from 1 o'clock, neither storm lasting any longer than half an hour. The ground was white with hailstones on each occasior
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 150, 22 December 1938, Page 10
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