FIERCE GALE
CANTLRBUB Y SWEPT
BIG MOTOR SHIP
BLOWN AGAINST PIER
iP**' t Teas Aaaoe»uL»tM Christchurch, April 19 Tlie fiercest nor’-wester foi many years raged for an Lour about 8 o’clock tliis morning, attaining a velocity of GU miles an hour. Pences and slacks suffered severely in manv country tlisfricts and tree- branches along file river bank in tlie city were thrown in all dirctions. At times flic huge cloud of dust obscured tb.e landscape. The power lines were not damaged. The motor shin TJangitatn was blown against Gladstone Pier and leaned over so much that the superstructure damaged the undercarriage of an electric crane, and a pile on tlie idrif was broken. Officers of the Maori report that the gale at sea was exceptionally severe. Tlu l weather improved later.
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Feilding Star, Volume 10, Issue 4002, 20 April 1933, Page 7
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