STRUCK BY TORNADO

Evening Star, Issue 20993, 6 January 1932, Page 6

STRUCK BY TORNADO

- NEW PLYMOUTH VISITATION ROOFS SMASHED-FLYING DEBRIS WOMAN NEARLY ELECTROCUTED [Pm United Press Association.] NEW PLYMOUTH, January 5. A woman was almost electrocuted, buildings were unroofed, the roof of a bouse was smashed in, and flying sheets of iron, were carried 100yds when a wind of hurricane force swept in from the sea over a narrow strip of the Fitzroy suburb during the course of a short severe storm which swept New Plymouth from about 5 o’clock to 6 to-day. , „ , Carried off by the wind, the roof of the Lawn Tennis Club pavilion was blown on to the roof of a nearby house, which was completely smashed in on one side. Pieces of roofing iron brought down the high tension wires, which fell across the street. Mrs M. I. Craig, _ seeking her daughter, stepped on a piece of the iron which was lying in water and was knocked down by an electric shock from a short circuit. She was rescued only when she was helpless after the fallen wire had been pushed away from the water with a long pole. She is suffering from shock and burns to both legs.