Weird Tales/Volume 2/Issue 3/Genoese Riviera Damaged by Waterspout

Genoese Riviera Damaged by Waterspout

A GIGANTIC waterspout struck the Genoese Riviera a short time ago, injuring many people and doing untold damage. Sestri, Pegli, Gornigliano and San Pier d'Arena were the principal places affected. The storm, which lasted nearly an hour, unroofed the Ansaldo Pig Iron Works at Pegli and many persons were injured by falling tiles. The damage to the Ansalado Depot at San Pier d’Arena was estimated at 100,000 lire and many victims of the storm were taken to hospitals. Electric power lines were torn down and bathing establishments and trees for a half mile along the coast were cut away. It is said that, at one point, a brick house was leveled to the ground.