THE CYCLONIC STORM.
CABLES.
FRUTHER DETAILS. THE WHOLE OF TflE COLONY AFFECTED. (Per Frets Association. —Ctijiyriy/it.) Melbourne. Nov. 23. Details of Friday's storm, which were delayed owing to the general damage to the telegraph lines, are now to hand. These show that the storm affected the whole colony, and in many townships public buildings, churches, and a large number of dwellings were wrecked or unroofed. At IST hill hardly a building escaped. The main business thoroughfare, extending a quarter of a mile, caught the full force of the gale, and the frontages of the whole line of shops were driven in. Large wheat sheds, auction rooms, tbe skating rink, the Anglican, Wesleyan, and Catholic Churches, the Salvation Army barracks, the fire station, and numerous shops and houses were completely demolished. The damage to crops through the colony is enormous. Several cases of serious injury are reported, and minor casualties and miraculous escapes are numerous. The cyclone extended to the border districts of New Sonth Waifs and the northern parts of South Australia, where considerable damage was done.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 484, 24 November 1897, Page 3
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177THE CYCLONIC STORM. Hastings Standard, Issue 484, 24 November 1897, Page 3
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