GREAT HURRICANE
Followed by Destructive Hailstorm DAMAGE IN SOUTH AFRICA Zy Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. (Received November 30, 8.30 p.m.) Cape Town, November 29. A Bloemfontein message states that a terrific hurricane struck parts of the south-eastern Free State. Roofs of farm houses were carried away, trees were uprooted, and stock thrown down. The hurricane was followed by a destructive hailstorm, destroying wheat crops and all fruit. Darkness reigned for thirty .minutes, and the inhabitants were terrified.
At Smithfield the roof of a native isolation hospital was blown TOO yards away. Trees of all sizes and outhouses were razed.
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Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 58, 1 December 1933, Page 11
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