ROOFS TORN OFF.
IN CYCLONIC STORM. WATERSPOUT CAUSES RUIN. MIRACULOUS ESCAPES. Py Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright. (Received November 14, 10 a.m.) SYDNEY, November 14. A cyclone at Whitecliffs produced a dust storm, lightning and wind. A waterspout fell, drenching the inside of scores of buildings, owing to roofs being torn off. Nearly every house was affected to some extent. Amongst' the buildings iamaged were the Centennial Hall, the State school, the Wesley an Church, the Convent, and a number of business places. \ A woman and a girl took refuge in a weighing-room near the grand stand on the racecourse. The stand collapsed, the wreckage falling all round them. Both escaped. A girl also took shelter in a house which the gale shifted some distance. , ■ The girl was not hurt. Brokenhill and Cobar also report damage. _
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 10925, 14 November 1913, Page 5
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