LARGE HAILSTONES
TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER STORM AT WAITAKARURU The township of Waitakaruru experienced a very unusual form of hailstorm on Friday morning. “ The hail only feil for a couple of minutes, but took th? form of hailstones two inches in diameter, with jagged edges and in fantastic shapes, such as star-fish. The hailstones were as sharp as knives, and very unpleasant for those who encountered them,” writes the Gazette’s correspondent.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 57, Issue 4001, 2 June 1948, Page 4
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71LARGE HAILSTONES Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 57, Issue 4001, 2 June 1948, Page 4
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