GALE AT PAHIATUA

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXI, Issue LXII, 18 June 1912, Page 5

GALE AT PAHIATUA

PAHIATIJA, June 17. lesterday's gale was the severest felt in Pahiatua for many years. Considerable damage was done, several large plate-glass windows in the main street being blown in, and fences and trees blown down. At Mangatainoka the roof of the Dudley Arms Hotel was lifted bodily from the building. It was carried across the road, and came in contact with the telegraph wires about 40 yards distant, breaking eight out of ten wires. The portion of the roof carried away comprised 22 sheets of 10-foot iron and a large number of rafters.