VIOLENT GALE.
DAMAGE AT SYDNEY. Pres* Association-By Telegraph-Copyright • SyDNEY, August 4. : The . gale■ and -. rain continue. , - Some- houses in the suburbs,and m the country ha,ve.i .been' "unroofed,.rand otber damage'_has Beeii g - 5^ The rivets are in- flood. The Coburg mail' coach • was washed away-. m-. drossmg- the- Bega River,- but. the drivei" -mandg;ed''ito.swim ashore. , 1 BLOWN- 1 TO SEA. A THRILLING ADVENTURE. - Received" 12.33 a.in.t August : --sth. ; r SYDNEY, August 4. • ..Duong -the ,gale a r French- 'Canadian named . Legroo,«, had; a-thrilling'.-adventure.-He was fishing off Newcastle, when lie was blown-out to, sea,. . .He;,parsed a,-terrible, nigbt; i The - look-out on the steamer' Colac Jieard -cries 'before dawn.'2omile's eijst of Newcastle. -. I'he, Colae liove-to till day light, when crew discovered, and rescued 'Legfos. , ,
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13664, 5 August 1908, Page 5
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121VIOLENT GALE. Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13664, 5 August 1908, Page 5
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