PALMERSTON NORTH GALE
NO MAJOR DAMAGE (P.A.) Palmer-ton N.. March 11. Reaching a force of nearly 70 miles an hour on one occasion a two-hour gale lashed the Palmerston North district last night. Many minor faults wore caused Palmerston North’s electrical services by short-circuiting hut no major dan - age was done. A large district in tfie power hoard's arm was affected temporarily when a power arc melted the lines. Tree.' were uprooted, a few sheets of roofing were lifted, a plat»* glass window in Palmerston North was blown in, many radio aerials were lorn down, and apple trees in exposed positions were partly stripped. The storm followed heavy showers in the day and a drop of ,7in. in the barometer in J2 hours.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19420312.2.56
Bibliographic details
Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 60, 12 March 1942, Page 4
Word Count
123PALMERSTON NORTH GALE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 60, 12 March 1942, Page 4
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Wanganui Chronicle. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.