MELBOURNE STORM.
MUCH DAMAGE DONE. (BY CABLE —PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT.) (AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z CABLE ASSOCIATION.) MELBOURNE, March 3. A storm, accompanied by vivid lightning, in the city caused considerable damage. Owing to flooding at St. Kilda, water is pouring over the road in cascades three feet deep. At Glenferrie the water is reported to be four feet deep in the low-lying parts, and to be running through the trams. Shops suffered severely. Other suburbs also report heavy falls of rain and damage by water. Some buildings were unroofed.
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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19251, 5 March 1928, Page 9
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88MELBOURNE STORM. Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19251, 5 March 1928, Page 9
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