HOT WEATHER IN QUEENSLAND
HAILSTORMS FOLLOW SCORCHING WINDS GREAT DAMAGE TO CROPS AND HOUSES Brisbane, November 26. Scorching winds and temperatures reaching 118 degrees at Stonehenge on the Thompson River and 117 at Winton were experienced in many parts of Queensland at the week-end. Birds dropped dead in many places. This was followed yesterday by hailstorms and hurricances on the North Coast, the Nambour and Palm wood districts suffering the raost. The citrus crops were ruined, potatoes damaged, and trees uprooted, many being struck by lightning. Houses were badly knocked about.
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Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 54, 27 November 1929, Page 11
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91HOT WEATHER IN QUEENSLAND Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 54, 27 November 1929, Page 11
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