DAMAGE BY STORM

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22346, 18 February 1936, Page 10

DAMAGE BY STORM

POWER BOARD AREA TREES FALL ON LINES The fact that the type of construction used in general throughout the board's area was satisfactory, and would withstand the most violent storm conditions, was mentioned by Mr. J. R. Miller, acting-manager of the Waitemata Elec-tric-Power Board, in a report on the damage caused by the storm on February 2, which was presented at the board's meeting yesterday. Mr. Miller said the damage to the board's high-tension lines had.been very slight. Considerable sections of the lines had been pulled over as a result of the violence of the wind, but there would be little difficulty in re-straining them. So far as low-tension distribution lines were concerned, damage occurred at a number of points, due to trees falling over the lines. The chief damage had been due to broken service lines, which were of light w;ire and unable to withstand the excessive movement of the poles in the high wind. Practically the whole of the damage was caused by trees falling on the lines. This indicated that a much more rigorous cutting back of trees adjacent to the board's lines must be undertaken in future. The damage would not exceed £250.