THE WEATHER.
GALE AT CHRISTCHURCH. ACCIDENT IN A HOTEL. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] ■*" CHRISTCHURCH. Friday. , The temporary bar erected. at the scene of ; the big fire in the White Hart Hotel in [ High-street was closed last evening some ! time before the statutory hour owing to an accident. During the evening half a gale ■ had blown from the north-west, and the wind blew with great violence through the , ; skeleton walls of the hotel. A few minutes. before 8.30 a lingo beam, about 30ft long and 12in by 12in, crashed through ! the roof, having fallen apparently from the scaffolding or supports of the standing walls. ' There were two men arid the barman in the bar, but they were not injured. RAINFALL IN RAGLAN DISTRICT. [BY TELEGRAPH.PRESS ASSOCIATION'.] Temata, Friday. Mr. H. T. Gibson, of the Raglan weather bureau, reports that rain to the amount of 7.28 in fell between the sth and 7t 1- ilists, inclusive, and the barometer steadily fell to 28.8 at noon on the 6th insl. The total rainfall for May, 1907, was 8.66. CONDITIONS AT WANGANUI. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wanuanui, Friday. A cold, blustering westerly wind prevailed throughout to-day, with heavy showers of rain. .
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13745, 9 May 1908, Page 5
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