SWEPT BY A STORM
A DESTRUCTIVE VISITATION. DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT £1,000,000. Prew Aasoeiation—By Telegraph—Copyright. NEW YORE!, August 10. Tho worst storm experienced for 20 years has swept lowa and Nebraska. Property was damaged to the extent of £1,000,000, including live stock. Six inches of rain fell in the town of St. Edward, where Chautauqua, was in session. Tho tont was demolished, and tho audience iled to high ground. Boats later rescued them. Thousands of acres of cornfields were destroyed.—Sydney Sun Cable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19248, 12 August 1924, Page 7
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81SWEPT BY A STORM Otago Daily Times, Issue 19248, 12 August 1924, Page 7
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