A WIND STORM.
DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS. j [Per Press Association.] SYDNEY, Jan. 5. A "kesfff blast of wind, lasting twelve miitoi-tesv accompanied by a terrific downpour ofi vain,, passed over Sydney last night.- The- wind •wa t » at the rate of seventy-onemiles per hour, and did great damage- ia; the- suburbs, unroofing many buildings. A tannery at Waterloo lost its roof, 84ft long, which was carried a hundred yards away. A Catholic church at North Shore and a< large pavilion on the Carrington Ground were unroofed. No injuries to human. beings- are reported.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5762, 5 January 1897, Page 3
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93A WIND STORM. Star (Christchurch), Issue 5762, 5 January 1897, Page 3
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