HOUSE UNROOFED
WHIRLAVIND PLAYS HAVOC
AVO'MAN BLOWN INTO A HEDGE
(BY TELEGRAPH PRESs ASSOCIATION.) NEW PLYMOUTH, Aug. 29. A wliiriwind, described by some as a waterspout, . .swept inland from the sea. near Urenui on Saturday, and practically wrecked a, small bouse in which a Maori woman was living. Hie woman marvellously escaped injury, being thrown into a nearby hedge by the- force- of the cyclone. The house was unroofed, and practically torn down, the contents being scattered and broken, leaving little but the floor undamaged.
The cyclone continued across the main North Road, damaging two sheds and a buggy in its course, and narrowly missing the main buildings of the Maori pa. People on the balcony of the Urenui hotel saw what appeared to be a waterspout travelling from the- sea irfito the mouth of the river nearby, where it struck the- first buildings. From a mile away they saw iron from the roof of the house and other things flying tlirough the air.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 30 August 1926, Page 5
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164HOUSE UNROOFED Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 30 August 1926, Page 5
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