CYCLONE AND WATERSPOUT
SYDNEY", November 14
A cyclone at Whitecliffs produced a dust storm, and was accompanied by very vivid lightning. A waterspout fell, drenching the inside of scores of buildings, owing to their roofs having been torn off by the wind. Nearly every house in the town was affected to some extent.
Among the damaged buildings were the Centennial Hall, the State school, the Wesleyan Church, the convent, and a number of business places. A woman and a girl took refuge in the weighing room near the grandstand on the local racecourse. The stand collapsed, the wreckage falling all round the refugees, but both escaped. Another girl- sheltered in a house, and though, the gale subsequently shifted ; t some distance, the girl escaped unhurt. Broken Hill and Cobar also report damage from the cyclone.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3114, 19 November 1913, Page 27
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