LIGHTNING VICTIM
Severe Storm in Victoria COMPANIONS INJURED ’ Melbourne, December 1. George Abbot, aged nineteen, was killed by lightning and his four companions severely burned, while sheltering under a tree at Stawell from a severe storm which swept most of the State, causing widespread damage and floods. • . The Tasmanian passenger air-liners were unable to cross Bass Strait owing to poor visibility and high winds. Tho fishermen, who have been posted as missing since Tuesday, are feared to have been lost. TOWNSHIPS FLOODED (Received December 1, 10.30 p.m.). Melbourne, December 1. Many small towns in central Victoria are inundated as a result of the storm. Over 100 homes at Golden Square were flooded out.. A bridge over Bendigo Creek was washed away. Railway lines in the Bendigo, Ballarat, Oreswlck and Castlemaine districts suffered washaways and train services were dislocated.
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Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 59, 2 December 1933, Page 7
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