3:30pm, torrential rain, hail and wind. 60 houses partially unroofed, mainly electric feeder poles snapped. Shops _ stock damaged by water. Railway goods shed unroofed. Flying iron cut wires, power house and shop plate glass windows smashed by wind pressure. Total damage 5000 pounds including power house, mains, and poles _ 350 pounds, sale yards unroofed, 200 pounds and sawmill unroofed. Blow lasted a few minutes, strip _ a mile wide through the centre of town