A WHIRLWIND
TRAIL OF DAMAGE
AHIPARA VISITATION,
BUILDINGS RAZED
Early on Uriday evening a whirlwind swept over Ahipara for a distance of nearly two miles, leaving in its wake a trail of flattened buildings and uprooted trees. Although it is surmised the visitation came inland from the sea, it was not until it reached the Ahipara School grounds that its full force was apparent. A shelter shed used as an outdoor class room was completely demolished and fragments of wood and sheets of corrugated iron wore deposited hundreds of yards a wav.
Travelling in an easterly direction and leaving a trail of ruin, the whirlwind next struck a new cottage owned by a Maori, Mr S. Hayward, and left it loaning at an acute angle. The cookhouse attached to the Maori mooting house at Rama, and an unoccupied cottage were razed to the ground and the materials scattered over a wide area. A corner of the schoolhonse occupied by Mr P. Rraik felt the full force of the wind, and was thrown considerably out of alignment, Mr Braik has communicated with the authorities who are expected North very shortly to consider the matter of repairing the damage.
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Northern Advocate, 23 July 1934, Page 3
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197A WHIRLWIND Northern Advocate, 23 July 1934, Page 3
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