LONDON TORNADO.
TAXIS BLOWN OVER, BUSES ROCK LIKE SHIPS policeman HURLED ACROSS /PICCADILLY* .'.' V: *' MANY PERSONS SLIGHTLY INJURED United Press Assn, by El. Tel. Copyright '(Australian Press' Assn.) (Received Oct. 23, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 23. An extraordinary whirlwind storm struck Mayfair, Piccadilly,, in the Soho regions, London, last night, and left a trail of wreckage,. - ••,*. A number of taxi-cabs .-were; blown over, and heavy omnibuses, rocked like ships in a storm. . ' Paopia were blown down. A policeman was hurled across Piccadilly. The streets were littered with fallen tiles, chimney pots and shop • signs. The Unemployment Exchange in Poland Street was unroofed, and the police closed the street with barricades. The wind is .described .as a tornado on a small scale, it scattered everything moveable. Amazing numbers of thick plate glass were smashed. One old newsvendor was lifted bodily and deposited on tho roadway. Many persons were injured, mostly slightly. Earlier - in the evening thero were torrential rains and Hoods,,
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10725, 24 October 1928, Page 5
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160LONDON TORNADO. Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10725, 24 October 1928, Page 5
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