GALE IN WELLINGTON
PLATE GLASS WINDOWS SMASHED WELLINGTON, This Day. October went out as it came inlike winter instead of spring. A heavy gale on Saturday morning was followed by a lull, and" then rain and bitter squalls yesterday. The scow Echo, 0!) tons, while heating up the harbour had her mainmast carried away and had to be towed in. Plate glass windows were smashed in one or two of the city streets. To-day is line and sunny. IN NELSON A north-west gale of unusual violence raged all day yesterday, making conditions in the open anything but pleasant. A windmill in the Wood was blown down; but no serious damage is reported. Motorists coming through Blenheim had an unpleasant journey, striking the full force of tingale between Havelock and Flat Creek, where the road was covered with branches blown off adjacent trees.
With the fall of rain in the evening the gale abated.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 1 November 1926, Page 5
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