Auckland Gets Full Force of Cyclonic Blast
Great Devastation By Gale and Flood EVERY CORNER OF PROVINCE SUFFERS Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Last Night. Widespread damage was caused by the cyclonic storm which swept the Auckland proviuco on Saturday night and yesterday. Telephone, telegraph, and power services were interrupted, roads and railways were blocked by slips and in some areas heavy floods caused great damage. The heavy rain on Saturday was followed by tempestuous conditions during which the wind veered from cast to blow a full gale from the west. At tho height of the storm yesterday the barometer fell to the exceptionally low reading of 28. SS. On the Auckland waterfront about -10 small craft wero either badly damaged or piled up into wreckage, while there was also heavy damage on the Manukau where tho full effect of tho gale was felt when the wind changed.
In suburban Auckland mc-io rrcro many instances of roofs being stripped, trees blown down and devastation of orchards.
Tho storm caused the general isolation of many country districts, but today communication was partially restored and there began to filter through stories of great devastation and general loss.
Every corner in the province suffered. Kaitaia, Whangarci, Focroa and Thames have suffered heavily as the result of floods. All communications with north Auckland were interrupted yesterday and roads and railway arc not expected to be clear for some days. On the Hauraki plains and north Auckland dairy stock and sheep were drowned.
Thcro is hardly a street ia the city and suburbs that docs not bear evidence of the storm.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 28, 4 February 1936, Page 7
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