GALE SHAKES HOUSES
DAMAGE TO POWER LINES New Plymouth, Aug. 11. Houses shook until in some cases the occupants expected them to be blown off their foundations when last night the coastal district between Pungarehu and Pihama was visited by a northeasterly gale It began about 7 p.m and continued until about midnight Electric power line poles which in places along the main road leaned well away from the perpendicular. gave mute testimony to the force of the wind Plantations suffered severely. The chimney of a Goverrment cottar*? at the Arawhata road dairy factory was blown down Trees that were blown across electric power lines at Kahui road and Manihi road caused the district to be without power for somp time. —P.A.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 12 August 1942, Page 2
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