THE HURRICANE IN WEST AUSTRALIA.
+ GREAT DESTRUCTION OP PUBLIC AND PBIVATE PROPERTY. [UNITED PKKBB ASSOCIATION ] (Received January 29, 0.15 p.m.) Perth, This Day. Further details concerning the hurricane in the Roobourne district show that nearly all the luggers were driven ashore, many of them being completely wrecked. Tho tramline suffered so severely that it mil take three months to repair the damage. Traffic in the district ia entirely suspended, the bridges being impassable. Tbe stationholders suffered soveroly. The Woodbrook homostoad was destroyed, and a Chinan^an drowned, the rest of the occupants having- nanow escapes. The Shoelook station is also completely ruined.^ All the buildings were swept away, and the' inhabitants, including some women, had to fly to the hills, wading- up to their waists in water. Twenty-six inches 6f rain fell at Croydon, and 30 inches at Woodbrook. The Hoebourne gauge was blown away.
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Evening Post, Volume XLVII, Issue 24, 29 January 1894, Page 2
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144THE HURRICANE IN WEST AUSTRALIA. Evening Post, Volume XLVII, Issue 24, 29 January 1894, Page 2
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