STORM IN MELBOURNE.
MAM BUILDINGS UNROOFED YACHTS DRIVEN ASHORE. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE DONE. By Telegraph—Press Association. —Copyright. (Ileceived 1.15 a.m.) A. and N.Z. MELBOURNE, Jan. 7. A violent storm deluged the city and suburbs early this morning. Many of the low-lying districts were flooded. The storm was followed by a cyclone in the afternoon, which unroofed buildings and tore down telephone and telegraph wires. Many small yachts in the bay were swept ashore, heavy damage being sustained.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19220, 8 January 1926, Page 9
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