IRON IN WHIRLWIND.
MISTAKEN FOR AEROPLANE
Per Press Association
NEW PLYMOUTH, Juno 4. Roofing iron borne aloft by a whirlwind during a thunderstorm in the Uruti district to-day was mistaken for a crashing aeroplane. The New Plymouth police were informed, and an investigation was made. All aeroplanes in the North Island were accounted for. The police discovered that the whirlwind had wrecked a pigsty and carried sheets of iron distances lip to two miles.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 158, 5 June 1937, Page 11
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74IRON IN WHIRLWIND. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 158, 5 June 1937, Page 11
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