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UTIKU GREATLY DAMAGED THE TOWN HALL WRECKED AND MANY HOUSES UNROOFED. BOX FACTORY BLOWN DOWN. FEB PRESS ASSOCIATION. TAIHAPE, July 1. At 1.30 o’clock to-day a hurricane o! thirty minutes duration passed over the Taihapc district, wrecking many buildings in its progress. At Utiku the Town Hall wae blown into a wreckage and a piano therein smashed to' pieces. Tile Gibbs’ Box Factory was blown down and extensive damage done to the stock.
At least ten houses were unroofed, and practically all fences are down. Many chimneys crashed to the ground and trees were uprooted. The gale was .confined to a narrowstrip, and cleared everything in its way. Tailiape was not. damaged.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11252, 3 July 1922, Page 6
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