GALE AND FLOODS IN WEST AUSTRALIA

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LV, Issue 9513, 20 June 1927, Page 3

GALE AND FLOODS IN WEST AUSTRALIA

CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO PROPERTY' •STEAMER SERVI’CES SUSPENDED. By T#l.—Prsss Assoc.—Copyright. Perth, June 17. A gale, which reached a velocity of seventy miles per hour, over a considerable area, accompanied by heavy ruin, caused considerable damage to property. Buildings were unroofed, hoardings and fences blown down, and trees uprooted. The Swan River has risen about .three feet. The ferry steamer services were suspended. Other rivers are also reported to be in Hood. The storm is described as one of the worst in the history of Fremantle, where steamers had to run out extra heavy mooring lines. Much minor damage was done. —(Aust. P.A. and Sun). RAIN IN OTHER STATES. Rec. June 20, 8.5. a.m. Sydney, June 10. Extreme cold in the western districts is causing heavy losses to sheep-breed-ers. One landowmer in the Warren district alone, having .seventeen hundred newly-shorn sheep frozen to death. —(A. and N.Z.) Heavy rain is falling over nearly the whole State, breaking the drought. Adelaide, June .19 Rain is falling over the whole of the northern agricultural areas.—(A. and N.Z.) DISASTROUS CYCLONES. Rec Juno 20. 10.10 a.m. Melbourne, June 20 A whirlwind struck Parbury’s sawmills at Warburton, lifting the whole root and beams, weighing eight tons, and depositing them fifty yards away. An employee was seriously injured. The ejectric light, and power station, which supplies the township, was badly damaged. A cyclone caused tremendous damage when it swept the Dungaree district near Ballarat. The cyclone was from 200 to 300 yards wide, and wrecked ah before it. There were many narrow escapes, hut only one person was injured.