A HURRICANE
NEW PLYMOUTH VISITATION
MANY BUILDINGS DAMAGED
(By Ttluyraph — Per Frets Association)
NEW PLYMOUTH, January 5.
A woman was almost electrocuted, buildings were unroofed, the roof of one house was smashed in, and flying sheets of iron were carried tor hundreds of yards when n wind of hurricane force swept from the sea over a narrow strip of Fitzrov, the New Plymouth suburb, during tlie course ol a short, seven: .storm which New Plymouth trout about live o clock to six to-day.
■Carried off by the wind, th- roof of the Tennis Club Pavilion was blown on to the roof of a nearby bou-w*, wdi ni was completely smashed iri on oik side.
Piccis of roofing iron brought down high tension wires, wh-wi I**l across a street sheeted in water. Then Mrs M. 'T. Craig, who was se.king for her daughter, stepped on a piece of iron ,i n the water, arid she was knocked down by an electric shock trom a short circuit. She was rescued only when helpless. After about, five minutes an effort succeeded in pushing the fallen wire a way from the water with a long pole. ’Mis Craig is suffering from shock and burns to both legs.
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Hokitika Guardian, 6 January 1932, Page 2
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