STORM IN PERTH.
1 YACHTING PATALTTTEa (By o*i>le—Ere* Asaocii&m—Copyright) (Aoatrsliaa and N.Z. C«bl» iiMoototioa} (Received October 31st, 10.25 p.m.) PERTH, October 31. An electric storm, accompanied by terrific wind, caused extensive damage in the city. There were many capsizes on the Swan river. One yadht, with five persons on board, attempted to make the shore when the chain ballast shifted and the boat capsized and sank. Two sisters, Dorothy Barker and Nellie Barker, and Leslie Maddocks, owner of the boat, were drowned.
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Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17291, 1 November 1921, Page 7
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