BLANKET OF DUST
SEMI-DARKNESS IN SYDNEY STORM FROM OUTBACK (Reed. Nov. 20, 9 a.m.) SYDNEY, Nov. 19. The city was to-day plunged into semi-darkness by a heavy blanket of red dust blown from parched central Australia. The temperature in Sydney rose sharply to 95 degrees. Storm clouds gathered, requiring lights to be turned on in offices, on motor cars, trams and trains. Torrential rain then cooled the atmosphere. Reports from the outback state that heavy deposits of red dust settled in homes and made living Conditions unpleasant. The worst sufferers were Broken Hill, Bourke, Wilcannia and other western towns. The meteorologist at Sydney issued a warning that the wind is strong enough to carry a dust haze to New Zealand.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20618, 20 November 1941, Page 5
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120BLANKET OF DUST Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20618, 20 November 1941, Page 5
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