Storm Sidelights
A heavy slip crashed down Mt Hobson and crushed a tram waiting shed. * * * * The down railway line near the traffic bridge in Remuera Road, Newmarket. was blocked for 18 hours following a wash-out. * * * * A Chinese market garden on the slope of Mangere Mountain was washed down into Mountain Road. * >it *■ A group of houses in Shore Road. Remuera, below Arney Road, were in danger during the height of the storm when the soil slipped over the papa rock on the cliff behind and fell into their backyards. Most of the yards were filled with mud and at least one house suffered structurally.
At Titirangi, where the thunderstorm seemed closer than in the city below, a house on the scenic drive was struck by lightning at 11 p.m. A radio set exploded into pieces, a large panel in a casement window was shattered and wooden panels were scorched in places where the electric wiring was burned by the flash. In the same district several chimneys were demolished.
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Northern Advocate, 21 April 1947, Page 2
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