WORST ON RECORD
FURY AT TE AROHA WRECKAGE OF BUILDINGS MASSIVE TREES UPROOTED (Per Press Association.) TE AROHA, this day. Yesterday's north-easterly storm, accompanied by heavy rain, struck Te Aroha with cyclonic force. Scores of chimneys were blown down and massive trees were uprooted. Many buildings in all parts of the town were unroofed and considerably damaged. The Te Aroha District High School, a Catholic school, two railway department houses, the railway goods shed at Bonnie Glen, and railway boarding houses and a dairy factory suffered considerably. Several residences were partly demolished. Numerous sheds and garages were blown down. At Waihou, Mr. A. Moore's shed was .unroofed and. several pigs and two cows were electrocuted. The storm was the worst on record.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 18975, 27 March 1936, Page 5
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