WHIRLWIND IN GERMANY
,Terrific Thunderstorm DESTRUCTION WROUGHT STURDY TREKS UPROOTED FTRE IX A SHEEP SHED MANY AN IMAT-S PERISH By Telegraph—Press Assn—Copyright lAust. and N.Z. Cable) (Received. Anno 90, 1 Oa.m.) Berlin, June 19. Three persons were killed and 80 ininred when 130 houses were wrecked In a whirl win] which swept- the Else Valley in Westphalia. The I'orro of the gale uprooted beams and scaffolding, tore oil roofs and. broke down fencing, which were blown into the air. Sturdy trees were uprooted. Tiles hurling through the ail- caused most of the casualties. Terrific thunderstoi ms followed and lemburg: and set lire to a sheep shed,' lightning struck, a big farm in Mieklemhnrg set fire to a sheep shed burning 400 them sheltering there.
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Feilding Star, Volume 8, Issue 2450, 20 June 1931, Page 5
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