AWE INSPIRING STORM

Southland Times, Issue 20208, 20 June 1927, Page 7

AWE INSPIRING STORM

SEVENTY-MILE-AN-HOUR GALE IN WEST AUSTRALIA. RIVERS FLOODED AND PROPERTY DAMAGED. Perth, June 18. A gale which reached a velocity of seventy miles an hour over a considerable area accompanied by heavy rain caused considerable damage to property. A number of buildings were unroofed, hoardings and fences blown down and trees uprooted. The Swan River has risen about three feet. Ferry steamer services and country air services are suspended. Other rivers also are reported to be in flood. The storm is described as one of the worst in the history of Fremantle, where steamers had to run out extra heavy mooring lines. Much minor damage was done.—A. and N.Z. STOCK DOSSES NEAR SYDNEY. (Rec. 5.5 p.m.) Sydney, June 18. Extreme cold in western districts is causing heavy losses to sheepbreeders, one landowner in the Warren district alone having 1700 newly shorn sheep frozen to death.— A. and N.Z. HEAVY RAIN IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA. (Rec. 5.5 p.m.) Adelaide, June 19. Rain is falling over the whole of the Northern agricultural areas.—A. and N.Z. VICTORIAN DROUGHT BROKEN. (Rec. 5.5 p.in.) Melbourne, June 19. Heavy rain is falling over nearly the whole State, breaking the drought.—A. and N.Z. n