STORMS IN AUSTRALIA
SYDNEY, July 19. The heavy rains have resulted in extensive floods in the Murrumbidgee area. July 20.
Mr Balsillie, the wireless expert, states that ho has proved conclusively that a fall of rain can be stimulated by electrical means. He claims that his experiments have proved that at least 30 per cent, of that stimulation can be maintained. Ha emphasised that he did not claim to produce rain, but onlv to stimulate light falls. ADELAIDE, July 19. The damage don© by the storm was ex« tensive. In the military camps the buildings -were demolished. In one locality a woman was found dead in the ruins of her home. Huge trees wer© uprooted and blown down across the streets, resulting in the suspension of traffic. There were many narrow escapes.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3254, 26 July 1916, Page 23
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