WILD WEEK-END.
WEATHER IN NSW. $ Tornado, Cloudburst And Earthquake. 2IN RAIN IN 30 MINUTES. (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) ■■' a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. Scvei'e wind and thunderstorms were experienced in the Riverina district over the week-end. For the second time within a few weeks the township of Henty was flooded. Two inches of rain fell in halt-an-liour. Considerable damage was done to the roads at Yerong Creek. The tornado unroofed several business houses. Telephone' and telegraph lines wcro blown down at Uranquinty, while roofs were lifted off sheds, trees wore uprooted and many fallowed paddocks were badly scoured. Fruit trees suffered much damage. A cloudburst near Corobimilla caused a washawav of four or five chains of the railway. An earthquake at Wellington caused the people to rush to the streets. Windows were broken and plaster was shaken from ccilings.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 30, 6 February 1928, Page 7
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