BLANKET OF DUST
SYBNEY IN SEMI-DARKNESS SIMM CLEARS ATMOSPHERE Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright (Rec. 8 a.m.) SYDNEY, Nov. 19. The city to-day was plunged in semi-darkness by a heavy blanket of red dust blown from parched central Australia. The temperature in Sydney rose sharply to DSdeg. Storm clouds gathered, requiring lights to be turned on in offices, motor cars, tram?, and trains. Torrential rain then cooled ,the atmosphere. Reports- from outback state that heavy deposits of red dust settled in homes and made living conditions most unpleasant. The worst sufferers were Broken Hill, Bourke. Wilcannia, and other western towns. The meteorologist in Sydney warns that the wind is strong' enough to carry the dust haze to New Zealand.
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Evening Star, Issue 24047, 20 November 1941, Page 8
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118BLANKET OF DUST Evening Star, Issue 24047, 20 November 1941, Page 8
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