PATH OF TORNADO.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 45, 21 January 1928, Page 9

PATH OF TORNADO.

ONE KILLED AND MANY INJUR!

VICTIMS IN UNITED STATES.

CINCINNATI, Jan. 19

One man was killed and over 30 injured, wliile scores of houses were demolished when a tornado swept through a 200-mile path over South-Western Ohio and Northern Kentucky.

Tentative estimates place the damage at 500,000 dollars. A Red Cross hospital and other relief workers are aiding in the search for undiscovered victims. Cincinnati and Hamilton (Ohio) and Louisville (Kentucky) were >the sites of the principal damage. Schools and homes were wrecked by the force of the wind. Trees and poles were thrown to the ground and automobiles were overturned. The man killed was caught under a falling brick wall.—A. and N.Z. cable. DAMAGE IN NEW SOUTH WALES. SYDNEY, Jan. 20. Heavy rain, accompanied by terrific thunderstorms, deluged the, southwestern and central western districts of this State. The downpour was so heavy that stock wcx*. drowned in all directions, and other great damage liCt ing caused, many towns being inundated.

A cyclonic storm also struck Melbourne, lightning causing heavy damage. An electric train entering the Spencer Street station was struck by lightning, and the whole of the suburban electrical system disorganised. In addition many houses were flooded by the torrential downpour and several houses struck by lightning. Luckily there were no fatalities. —Press Association.