SEVERE WEATHER REPORTED.

Greymouth Evening Star, 7 December 1911, Page 6

SEVERE WEATHER REPORTED.

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GALES IN CANTERBURY

CHRISTCHURCH, Dec. 6.—A \ory violent nor'-west in the city to-day, and the gusts were exceptionally strong. The gale was at it's I night about mid-day. At Lancaster P&rk the roof of the stand on the east side of the ground was lifted bodily, and tie larger portion deposited on the beefs of the houses in Wilson's Road. The larger portion was deposited in the front part of the house, making a gaping hole in the roof and smashing the verandah. The damage is estimated at £ISOO. At Lyttelton, the squalls were of extraordinary violence, .•aiding a heavy sea in the outer harbour, and whirling clouds of spray high in ihe air. H.M.S. Powerful was anchored in the stream and caught the full force of the gale, and, at 10 a.m., went out to sea. His Excellency, the Governor, was to have visited Vice-Admiral KingHall, but the vist was cancelled. The wind hats abated somewhat, and indications are for a shifting to the S' uthwest. i|5J

HEAVY GALE IN ASHBURTON. ASHBURTON, Dec. 6

A strong nor'-west gale blew at Ashburton all the morning, and, at abou* 9.30, it blew down the north-west bri' k wall of the new tlieatre now in course of erection. The wall for the whole length was completely demolished almost level with the ground. It was 28 feet high, but the rest of the wall will also have to come down. It is feared that the south-west wall is al : o badly shaken, as it was seen to sway badly several times. When the north-west wall caved in men were fastening ropes with a view to saving it, and one man had to jump a considerable height from the scaffolding to the ground. He escaped without injury.