DISASTROUS GALE IN AUSTRALIA.

THREE MEN KILLED TERRIBLE HAVOC. - Telegraph. Press Association. Copyright Melbourne, November 14. At Bacchus Marsh, during a heavy" thunderstorm, hailstones fell as large as hen's eggs, and 86 points of rain fell in 15 minutes. Windows and skylights were broken the wind being of terrific fonse. A man named Anderson was blown from a shed, over a fence and killed. Anderson's house wag wrecked and his wife severely injured. The windows and doors of other houses were forced in. Machinery, drays and stacks were blown a considerable distance There were similiar storms in various parts of the country, At Ballaratt, windows, skylights, and a number of houses were wrecked, crops destroyed, stock killed, and houses flooded. At Sulky Gully, two hotels and several houses were destroyed. At Castlemaine, the hailstones, which weighed up to 7 ounces, smashed most of the windows in the town, and riddled and unroofed many houses. The streets were strewn with debris, and several persons were seriously injured. At Forest Creek, the dredge office was blown down, the barge destroyed, and four employees seriously injured. At Chewton, the house of Mr Lamb (ex-Mayor) collapsed. Mr Lamb's body was afterwaads found in the debris. Great damage was done in the mining plants for miles around, and the country devasted. Many families came to Castlemaine for shelter. Cattle and sheep were killed at Wesley Hill, and nearly every house was destroyed or unroofed, including churches. At Auburn, a suburb of Melbourne, a man named Morgan went on the roof to clear away the hail, where he was subsequently found dead. Nine persons were injured (some seriously) owing to fallen debris at Castlemaine. Several of them were rescued from collapsed houses after the gale. Sydney, November 15. Reports from Riverina show that the storm which swept Victoria was also widely experienced here. At Berrigan, the School of Arts and immense railway grain sheds were wrecked, as also two hotels. A number of houses were either wrecked or were severely damaged, in one instance a roof being carried bodily a long distance. From Deniliquin and many other places here are similiar reports of devastation. The heavy rains accompanying the storm resulted in great loss of crops and property.