A SEVERE GALE
DAMAGE IN AUSTRALIA RAIN BREAKS LONG DROUGHT (Received Dec. 27. noon. MELBOURNE, Dec, 27. Houses were unroofed, fencing and telegraph lines were blown down, and trees uprooted yesterday by a violent cyclone which swept townships north of Bendigo, Not a single building at Knowsley escaped damage. The Roman Catholic church and presbytery were razed to the ground. The cyclone had a width of two miles, and travelled at great speed. roads are blocked by fallen trees. The gale blew itself out in an hour, and was followed by heavy rain.Heavy rain fell yesterday over almost the -whole of the northern poi'r tion of South Australia. Pastoral areas are reported to have had the best falls for years. The rain means the break-up of one of the worst droughts in the history of Australia, extending over nearly six years. Falls up to iUin. are recorded. The train to Broken Hill was cancelled owing to washaways.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17143, 27 December 1929, Page 5
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157A SEVERE GALE Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17143, 27 December 1929, Page 5
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