TORNADO IN N.S WALES.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXX, Issue 307, 30 December 1896, Page 2

TORNADO IN N.S WALES.

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. of ;^^MS^^^^ building was destroyed. There t»&* ■>*?'' panic among the residents,-; whV«S#^ refnge in underground tanks. ,• Several -' V-S persons were injured, but ndneiataUy/7 >4f the foroe oftbe wibd was terrific! Cloidsef ; '--: dust wrapped the whole place in darkness' ; ' ' and there was not a solitary buildinp whfah -"' was not unroofed; Themajority wereoom- 1 &-->. pletely wrecked; oven the churches and "* f-z---other bnok buildings being levelled to the "-■ ■•'-' ground. Fences and trees,' were over- *'? thrown in all directions. '. Telegraph lines T, " were brought down to? inUeVconsednently •'?■ communication was interra&Ced' Horsis '" were lilted bodily into ' the aff, and carried H : some distanoe, men and women were blown helpless along the streets, and galvanised iron, whioh was torn from the shattered bnildiogs, was flying about in all directions. The railway buildings were partially wrecked, and some loaded trucks Btanding on the riding were overturned, killing the horses attached to the drays •' which were loading wool, while other' . trucks were carried for miles along the line. Many persons were buried in the ruins of the wrecked bnildinge, but. with few exceptions, they escaped with only slight injuries. J •* ?*!f u own now has the appearance as if it had been struck by a violent earthquake, me track of the storm was five miles wide and it swept miles across the country, leaving a trail of destruction and desolation.