AN EXTRAORDINARY STORM.
great Damage done
(United Press* Association.—Copyright.) Received 12.30 a.m., Dec. 12. '
. BRISBANE, Dec. 11. Following intense heat, there <j am e tern fie thunder, wind, and ia "hailstorm in the Ksity and suburbs Hihis aftewfopn.- The tstneets iviere ifoodfed and traffic was stoipped.. Many houses bolted. The bail, which was (hem-egg size, pierced iron roofs and tanks and broke a ihnndred window®. It was roiled in heaps m the streets five Iwrars after the storm Trees were stripoed of their leaves and fruit. Water " percolated through roofs and flooded cellars. Great damage was done to stacks ,in some warehouses. A num-ber of flbuildSncp were -unroofed and da;maged'
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12856, 12 December 1912, Page 5
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110AN EXTRAORDINARY STORM. Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12856, 12 December 1912, Page 5
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