AUSTRALIAN STORM
WHIRLWIND AND CYCLONE. MUCH DAMAGE REPORTED. ' Melbourne, June 20. A whirlwind struck Parbury’s sawmills at Warburton, lifting the whole of the roof and beams, weighing eight tons, and depositing them 50yds away. An employee was seriously injured. The electric light and power station, which supplies the township, was badly damaged. A cyclone caused tremendous damage when it swept the Bungaree district, near Ballarat. The cyclone was 200yds to 300yds wide. It wrecked all before it. There were many narrow escapes, but only one person was injured.—A. and N.Z.
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Southland Times, Issue 20209, 21 June 1927, Page 7
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90AUSTRALIAN STORM Southland Times, Issue 20209, 21 June 1927, Page 7
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