A TERRIFYING SIMOON.
FIEECE SANDSTORM AT
WILCANNIA
SYDNEY, this day.
The town of Wilcannia had a terrifying simoon. Great clouds of sand, thousands of feet high, were driven at the rate of forty miles an hour. They were seen approaching, and plunged the place into inrpenetrable darkness. At a critical moment a thunderstorm broke, and rain dissipated the dust. It was very hot weather at the time. Broken Hill had a similar experience.
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Auckland Star, Issue 23, 28 January 1901, Page 5
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73A TERRIFYING SIMOON. Auckland Star, Issue 23, 28 January 1901, Page 5
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