WHIRLWIND ON FARM
CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE
DONE
Much damage was done on the farm of Mr. T. M. Grant, of Thornton, by a whirlwind, which raced across from the sea, unroofing a cowshed and damaging the residence. The whirlwind was accompanied by exceptionally heavy hail. Tops were torn from gum trees and cabbage trees. Sheets of iron from the cowshed were carried up 100 feet in the air and thrown down 20 chains away. A gate was lifted off its hinges and a power pole was pulled out of the ground and snapped into pieces, which, with timbers from the roof, were driven into the ground as though by a giant hammer. Mr. Grant was in his maize crib with his small son .and when the whirlwind roared across the farm he put the boy down in a corner, covered him with sacks and then lay across his body. Fortunately the blast missed the crib. The milking machinery in the shed was not damaged and the current was quickly restored.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 93, 17 October 1939, Page 11
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169WHIRLWIND ON FARM Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 93, 17 October 1939, Page 11
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