QUEENSLAND STORM
TWO PEOPLE KILLED BRISBANE FLOOD DAMAGE [by cable—press assn.—copybight.] (Received December 21, 11 a.ni.) BRISBANE, December 21. Two persons are dead as the result of a terrific storm which swept Southern Queensland last night. Enormous hailstones fell, and a 78 miles an hour hurricane and vivid lightning caused heavy damage in Charleville and Brisbane. Over two inches of rain fell in the city in 25 minutes. Practically every shop in one street was flooded. Lightning plunged the city into darkness for a quarter of an hour. The roof of the Hotel Daniel collapsed, and four floors were flooded. Numerous houses in the suburbs were also unroofed. , The broadcasting station 4BC, was flooded, and put out of action for the night. A fireball struck a big chimney stack at' New Farm. The bricks crashed through the roof and, shattered a table at which a man! and his wife were dining. They escaped injury.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 21 December 1934, Page 7
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