DOMINION NEWS.
A CYCLONE AT NEW PLYMOUTH. NEW PLYMOUTH, August 23. A cyclone, said to have been accompanied by lightning, was responsible for a startling disturbance in town tonight. A shed was blown bodily across Molesworth Street, and scattered about the residence of Mr Bocock. A mass of about 50 light wires was blown down in front of Bocock’s house, which was damaged, windows being blown in. and glass being scattered across the room in which the family sat. No one was seriously hurt, though they were greatly startled. The disturbance was punely local, though there was an electrical storm over the town, with a heavy downpour of rain.
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Grey River Argus, 24 August 1928, Page 5
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