The Canterbury Storm
SERIOUS LOSS US
(Per United Presa Association.)
CfIRISTCHL'KCH. Jan. 28
The damage caused to grain and root crops by yesterduy's storm is greater than was anticipated. One farmer near Rakaia estimates his loss atf ii2')oi), nnd in the Kllesmere and Ilrookside districts ninny hundreds of acres of c;ruin has been ruined, barley suffering l.iost, while hundreds of acres of turnips nnd potatoes have had the tops cut clean off. Hundreds of acres of crops' have been ruined in the ttpringston district and the Lincoln districts have also suffered greutly. »So fur as can be ascertained, no damage was done on Hanks l'eiiinsula.
WAIMATK. .Tan. '28
An unusually heavy hail end thunder storm passed over a portion '.f we district yesterday afternoon. The hail stones were very large, and played hathing but the stems of plants. The voc. especially in gardens, leaving nograin crops do not appear to be much injured. except in one case in the suburbs, where a ten acre paddock of wheat was completely cut down. The Storm was confined to yarrow limits, and passed out lo sea. Snow lay a. oouplo of inches deep and in the shade my" till this morning.
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Southland Times, Issue 18057, 29 January 1903, Page 2
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198The Canterbury Storm Southland Times, Issue 18057, 29 January 1903, Page 2
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