FEARFUL STORM.
Wind, Hail, Dust and Heavy ' Rain Simultaneously.
CLONCURRY RAVAGED. (Received 10.30 a.m.) BRISBANE, this day. A number of persons narrowly escaped death, and many thousands of pounds' worth of damage was done by a storm whicli struck Cloncurry last night. The storm, which was the, most disastrous in the town's history, completely wrecked some of the homes find badly damaged others. At the height of the disturbance the phenomenon of wind, hail, dust and heavy rain storms raging simultaneously occurred. Trees, and telegraph and telephone wires are down in all directions. Six people were taken to hospital.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 22, 26 January 1935, Page 9
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99FEARFUL STORM. Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 22, 26 January 1935, Page 9
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