A CRASHING SOUND, “like thunder”, jolted the Broomes family, of Road View, St Peter, from their slumber early yesterday morning.
After they got over the initial shock, they discovered a large mahogany tree had come tumbling down, causing significant damage to their kitchen that was only recently repaired.
No one suffered physical injury.
The tree damaged a dog house in the yard, trapping the dog and its puppy. They were later rescued.
Kerrie-ann Broomes, one of the occupants, told the DAILY NATION she was in her bedroom “lying down and I just heard a loud noise, which sounded like thunder to me. Then my brother jumped up and he shouted for my son, who was sleeping in the back bedroom. I asked him what happened and he said ‘the tree like it fall’.”
Broomes said she took up her son and ran out, along with her brother, through the front door. It was when they went to the back of the house that they saw the extent of the damage.
She called her aunt Deborah, who expressed disappointment that she was unable to get positive action from the emergency services, including the Fire Service.
However, Deborah had nothing but praise for those who came to her assistance by cutting up the large tree and carting it away on a truck. (RL)
