CYCLONE SWEEPS THROUGH MELBOURNE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 11818, 15 November 1901, Page 2

CYCLONE SWEEPS THROUGH MELBOURNE.

SUCCEEDED BY HEAVY HAILSTORM.

United Press Assoaiation:— By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright. Received, .November 15, 9.32 a.m. Melbourne, November 15. — A destructive cyclone swept the city and a portion of the suburbs last night, doing an immense amount of damage during less 'than half an hour which it lasted. The wind reached a velocity of 76 miles an hour. As soon as it calmed a terrific fall of hail occurred, the hailstones measuring 1£ inches in diameter, .some' being much larger. Thousands of windows, all in exposed positions, and skylights were smashed ; telephone wires were broken, and trees stripped of their leaves. The gutters were blocked and water flooded many premises. At Maple Company's furniture factory the wind unroofod one new building, and the water caused damage to the extent of £2000.>~/Fhe Royal Arcade was,«, of desolation. The Skylights were riddled, and the., rain_ ruined., many shops. The photographic studios were heavy s,ufferers. . At Talma's v sfcudio ~,the damage .was JC.500. '- .AX-Cole's 609k arcade- an. estimate L df'"the; 'r.uin of books' is £lt>00. " - Much* damage wfys ttlso done at* Melville, .&. booksellers, and Athe, public Ji^jir^. -The total losses in the ci%y\'ar.e, estimated at £20,000. V . ' Received. November 15^9.44^^m. ■' M^lbourfl^j Nojj^ber^ajtf. — AJt>33acchus Marsh,, during. a Jieavy.thimder,-, storm, hailstone? ' fell as large as hen's Qggs and 86 -points of rain fell i "Ha o.sr}minut)e)9;,<- Wmd^wsvjamJ^sky-; ..lights jserfij.bcpkjeni JThfc, wind bli|w; with.;terrjfic*fefcd. '. .^ V " "^.-.- -/*« A rnah' naAM A^&efsqn was bldwil': from a srhed^ovcTr 0 a ( tence ! -and =: killea." Anderson 's housct '• wa¥ wrecked <&nd < 1 his wifej severely injured! t ,'The^win-, dows and doorsVoJ/otbec Jtous.es -Were, forced inland maciiinerjf, drays, and stacks "blown ' a cbnsiderable dis-| tafae'e.- • >t Similar storms occurred various parts "bf the. country.,.- „" "*' * rJ At -Ballarat- besfdes d^Vdstatib'n 3 to windows and skylights numbers of; hoiises were wrecked, crops destroyed{ } at;ock u kmed,aanid. l ihouse8 ;r jQLofwied L Tt SuniK 4 dullv tW^he^HifM se4 veral hous^es^wer^^^sierWd. ; At Castlemaine hailstones weighed up to seven'ounoes andrsmasheeL-iriosti of the.;Windp,ws ig,th9 town and rid 4 died; audjlunrobfea many houses. The streets' were strewn with debris, anq! |ey^al .^o^.,^^ Sg^^^j At Forest Creek the dredge office was^'blown dbwn, . aiba^geadeatrt^^dj jamfcOfoMtf geripugly jn-5 :iuj?ed. -, - ,r • .-■ ,: k . :^ m $^ ,3. \ i_,Ath H pUewton,,., the-'r hojiservQf 4 Mt Xarnb; ex-Mayo^; cJmips^U^toitf Ml 5 .Lamb's body "was" afterward^' ;f6und ''iiif'tn^ae'Bril?-'.--:- ■-- ' s 'A'-'™ >'*■■ 1 ' Great damage was tdohev to »< mining plants, and for miles around *"tbo .country t ,was devastated,- Jtfony fa^ milies have come to Castfemaine. for shelter, and cattle and sheep' were killed. • .' , ' ' At Wesley Hill nearly every' house was destroyed or unroofed, including churches. ■. , \ At Auburn, a suburb of Melbourne, a man named Morgan went on to a roof* to clean away the. hail, where he was subsequently found dead.-