DEATH IN THE STORM
YOUNG MAN’S TRAGIC END United Press Association—By Electric Tel egraph —Copyrlgh t SYDNEY, April 20. Unable to escape a willy-willy which tore through the mountain valley in the Cawongla district on the North Coast, Andrew Vidler, aged 22, was crushed to death when a 50 foot tree was uprooted by the wind and fell on him. Vidler saw the willy-willy approaching and ran but was caught arn.id the flying trees. A path 50 yards wide was torn through the tall timber on the mountainside.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20090, 23 April 1935, Page 7
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