SWEPT BY HAIL
CHRISTCHURCH AGAIN SUFFERS DAMAGE IN CITY BUSINESS FIRMS’ LOSSES Per Press Association. Christchurch November 30. Christoh 1 <rdh 'was swept by 'a severe hailstorm this afternoon. The shower lasted only 20 minutes, but was of exceptional severity. Th.,. hulk of the hailstones were not of phenomenal size, bong about half aij inch .hi diameter, hat falling sparsch were match larger hailstones, larger than a, well-grown matured cherry. Glass verandas and pones in green houses struck by these larger pieces of ice were broken. I n Cathedral Square and along the hanks of tflie Avon hail lay white as if here had been a fall of stiow, and tinder the tree. s leaves lay thickL- strewn, having been shorn off by tli®. heavy hail.
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Feilding Star, Volume 8, Issue 2585, 1 December 1931, Page 5
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