HOUSE WRECKED
WATERSPOUT IN TARANAKI WOMAN’S MARVELLOUS ESCAPE IRON BLOWN A MILE AWAY Per Press Association. NEW PLYMOUTH, August 29. A whirlwind, described by some as a waterspout, swept inland from the sea near Urenui on Saturday, and practically wrecked a small house in which a Maori woman was living. The woman marvellously escaped injury, being thrown into a nearby hedge by the force of the cyclone. The house was unroofed, and practically torn down, the contents being scattered and broken, leaving little but the floor undamaged. The cyclone continued across the Main North road, damaging two sheds and a buggy in its course, and narrowly missing the main buildings of the Alaori pa. People on the balcony of the Urenui Hotel saw what appeared to be a waterspout travelling in from the sea into the mouth of the river nearby, where it first struck the buildings. From a mile away they saw iron from the roof of the house and other things flying through the air.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12538, 30 August 1926, Page 7
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