STORM IN ALPS
100 MILES AN HOUR GALE Eye-witnesses of an electrical storm which raged in the Otira district on Monday, describe it as the worst visitation in years. Coupled with an incessant downpour of rain was a wind of high velocity, which reached an estimated speed of from 90 to 100 miles an hour. Near Otira lightning struck a tree 50i’t in height and 2ft in diameter and shattered it, the tree narrowly missing a house in its fall. One of the chimney tops above Ihc diningroom at the Otira refreshment rooms was blown over and fell through a skylight, narrowly missing a man who was walking below
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20184, 29 February 1940, Page 2
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109STORM IN ALPS Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20184, 29 February 1940, Page 2
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