TERRIFIC CYCLONE
IN BREWARRINA.
PRACTICAL. DEMOLITION OF. . ;; T0WN.777 : ;'7 : 7 ; ' HUGE HAIL KILLS BIRDS AND : . ..-.•■.' ;,akimals. ;.; vV —'.v:.;; By Telegraßh-Press Association-OoßyriEUt. (Itec. January, SI, 1.15 a.m.) ';: ■; 7''■'■"'."'■'.' Sydnoy, January 80. ' A terrific cyclone on Friday evening practically demolished Brcwarriria, a township "with a population of overj one thousand, on . tno southern. bank of' the Darling Eiver, 516 miles north-west, from Sydney, and about 50 miles from Bourke. •The telegraph lines, which were interrupted, are now' restored, 'but., details are .meagre. -..
No lives are reported lost, but:.every building has suffered more or. loss damage.. ■ '■•; ■ '•;'.-.'.' : ,•'■
Six inches of rain fell in an hour-and a half. A flood is feared; :.'. '■
'Enormous hail - fell. ; : Thousands,'of birds, killed 1 , by- the, hail, are strewn in the;streets. '77'./ ', ','..-■'''■ '"'■■'■'
Fowls, dogs,'and rabbits were'.-also killed in the same' way." . v '>".,
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 729, 31 January 1910, Page 5
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132TERRIFIC CYCLONE Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 729, 31 January 1910, Page 5
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