SWEPT BY FIERCE CYCLONE.
Ugly Weather In Victoria.
IMMENSE DAMAGE REPORTED. (United Pres* Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) MELBOURNE, December 27. Houses were unroofed, fencing and telegraph lines were blown down, and trees were 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 private houses 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.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18459, 28 December 1929, Page 17
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98SWEPT BY FIERCE CYCLONE. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18459, 28 December 1929, Page 17
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