HAVOC BY HURRICANE.
DISTRICT IN THE NORTH. TREES TORN UP BY ROOTS. [Bl' TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] KAITAIA, Wednesday. A hurricane which swept through Kaingaroa, a small farming and flax-growing district, eight miles from Kaitaia, loft a track about two chains wide, in which everything was torn down. Many trees were uprooted, and one was broken and carried some distance.
The wind carried away the porch of a school and the roof of a shelter shed was torn off. The porch and verandah of Mr. Spanhake's house were torn away, and the windows were smashed. The damage to the house is estimated at £7O. Telegraph poles were broken off and windows of other dwellings were broken.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20244, 2 May 1929, Page 12
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114HAVOC BY HURRICANE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20244, 2 May 1929, Page 12
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