■ A peculiar phenomenon is reported from Otakebo, Taranaki.' On Monday last—one of the most perfect days—-a " miniature whirlwind occurred on the farm of Mr. p. Curtis. The week's washing was on the clothes-lines drying, when a whirlwind happened along, and carried the clothes off in all directions. Counterpanes and sheets were carried off into paddocks several hundred yards distant; handkerchiefs and other small articles were carried almost to the beach distance of nearly a mile. The strange occurrence may be accounted for by the fact that the heat of the sun's rays caused the air to become very hot.. This hot air naturally ascended and caused: a vacuum. Colder air rushed in to fill up this vacuum, and hence the whirlwind.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13048, 13 December 1905, Page 6
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