Thousands Of Panes Broken
SYDNEY, Mon. (11.30 a.m.)—Weekend storms caused wide damage in eastern states. Apart from a whirlwind, which unrooted houses and brought down a factory chimney, at Wentworthville, a terrific hailstorm broke thousands of windows in Charleville, Queensland, and damaged wheat crops in the Dubbo and Murrumbidgee irrigation areas. Within a few seconds of the hailstorm striking Charleville, thousands of windows were smashed and awnings and Venetian blinds torn to shreds by hailstones the size of hen’s eggs. The town was plunged into darkness, trees stripped of branches and thousands of poultry killed. No window was left intact in the new Charleville Hospital or courthouse.
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Northern Advocate, 24 November 1947, Page 5
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