The Weather.

Woodville Examiner, Volume XXII, Issue 3867, 30 April 1906, Page 3

The Weather.

TELRII'TO GALE. Woodvillo lun ipi. 1 a tow “record galea in ila time, but nulo Boreas !.a : : rarely been in such a fiendish moo t us ho has been during the pas: tVw days A howling wind has since Friday a a opt onr streets, searched cut loose portions of the roots, tumbled over fences, stripped the fruit trees, and gnu-tally made merry in the town, Fierce vain squalls accompanied the gale, and the conditions of life for those whoso avocations sent them fotth from their “ ain tireside ” have been anything but plea-ant. Fortunately our town is so solid that nothing has been damaged beyond a f--w fences being blown down and one or two pieces of corrugated iron stripped off loose roofs. In this respect we have been considerably more forum ito than our neighbour'. At Danuevirko the pale reached hurricane force on Friday night, and gave the residents a most anxious time. Fires sprang upon the oniskins of the town, and many settlers spent the night fighting the flames. Several instances are recorded of extremely narrow escaper, and in some cases outhouses and slacks succumbed to the llames. In the town itself the gale played havoc with chimney pots, windows and sheds. The belltower of St. John’s Church was blown down and shattered to pieces, and the big plate-glass windows of one establishment were blown in. Ruperts from the Weber district etude that tiros were raging i ut there on S iturday. At Eketahuna on Friday night there was a severe storm, which wrecked several sheds and severely damaged the new Anglican Sunday school, which was all but completed. Telegraph communication in all directions is more or less mtn-rupted. Rostock and Wombwell’s circus had to be given at the Olympic Theatro in Palliate.a on Saturday night, the gale preventing the treciion ol tbe Ruts. TEE GALE IN OTHER l’L\€!■>'• A tornado struck Greymonth on Saturday night, blowing oyer ft rices, uprooting trees, knocking clhmne\s clown and smashing windows. The grandstand at the Trotting Chib’s course was unroofed, and several verandahs wire carried away. At Carterton the hurricane partially wrecked the Brick and The Works. At Masterton serious damage is reported. Many sheds and outbuildings were wrecked and haystacks scalß-red broadcast through the paddocks. SERIOUS FIRES. A late message states that the ga'c has caused soiious fires in the Msknretu district. Two sawmills have been burned and five cottages. The furniture in the latter was removed to what was considered n safe dist me >, but the flames reached the place and destroyed the lot. WEATHER RETORT. Capt. Edwin telegraphed to-day Expect heavy southerly gale. Glass rise, rain probable, and weather very cold.