CYCLONIC GALE
CONCRETE ARCH BLOWN DOWN. PIECES OF TIMBER WHIRLED LN THE AIR. (Per United Press Association.) Wellington, June 30. The back arch of the centre unit of the Wellington Show building, in course of erection, was blown down in the gale last night It was a concrete section, about 50 feet in length, 22 in height and 14 inches thick. It weighed about twenty tons and was reinforced with steel bars and stayed in its place with timber waiting the erection of the roof principals. The entire section was snapped at its base and fell outwards, damaging a quantity of floor timber stocked nearby. The estimated damage will run into four figures. The wind in the vicinity was stated to have been so great that pieces of timber were caught up and whirled in the air.
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Southland Times, Issue 20527, 2 July 1928, Page 8
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137CYCLONIC GALE Southland Times, Issue 20527, 2 July 1928, Page 8
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