Howling Gale in Canterbury
MANY SHBDS UNROOFED Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH. Last Night. The gale brought down telegraph wires near Amberley and also south of Kaikoura and near Sockburn, probably due to falling trees. Gangs arc now repairing the lines. Many sheds were unroofed in and around the city and conditions at the trots for a timo were indescribable, it being impossible to walk against the gale. Hats were blown in all directions. Before tlie first race it was impossible for a time to open the shutters of the outside totalisator for fear of damage.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6626, 13 August 1931, Page 6
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95Howling Gale in Canterbury Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6626, 13 August 1931, Page 6
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