FIERCE GALE AT HOME.
EXTRAORDINARY VELOCITY.
YORK MINSTER DAMAGED.
PINNACLE FALLS TO GROUND.
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received January 3. 8.35 p.m.) LONDON, Jan. 3. At the height of a fierce gale the pinnacle was blown off the west front of York Minster and 15cwt. of masonry crashed to the ground. , The gale reached a velocity of 91 miles an hour at Liverpool, 80 at Glasgow and 71 at Southport.
York Minster is one of the most finely proportioned cathedrals in England and one of the most interesting in detail. It has a central tower 216 ft.. high and the western towers are each 202 ft. high. The west front, from which tho pinnaclo has crashed, is a striking and beautiful feature of the edifico. It has a great window above the door, which is claimed to bo an unrivalled specimen of leafy tracery.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20454, 4 January 1930, Page 9
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