SEVERE STORM
DAMAGE IN VICTORIA DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ONE MAN STRUCK DEAD MELBOURNE, Dec. 1. George Abbot, aged 19, was killed by lightning and his four companions were severely burned while sheltering under a tree at Stawell from a severe storm which swept most of the State, causing widespread damage and floods. The Tasmanian passenger airliners were unable to cross Bass Strait owing to poor visibility and high winds. Two fishermen have been missing since Tuesday and it is feared that they are lost. DAMAGE INLAND Received Dee. 1. 11.55 p.m. MELBOURNE, Doe. L Many small towns in Central Victoria arc inundated as a result of the storm. Over 100 homes at Golden Square were flooded out. The bridge over Bendigo Creek was washed away and the railway lines in the Bendigo, Ballarat. Creswick, and Castlemaine districts suffered washaways. Train services were dislocated.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 285, 2 December 1933, Page 9
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142SEVERE STORM Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 285, 2 December 1933, Page 9
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