High Winds

Yesterday afternoon, high winds were blamed for the power outage in the west end of St Marys affecting about 1900 people. The winds also caused about 50,000 to lose power in Chatham-Kent, Lambton County, Strathroy in the morning and 6,000 in London in the afternoon.

In Stratford the winds brought down the 62-foot cross outside the Parkview United Church. The cross had been erected at the same time as the church had been built in 1961.