TERRIFIC STORM
TAKES HEAVY TOLL THOUSANDS OF POUNDS DAAIAGE By Telegraph—Copyright—Press As. BRISBANE, Feb. 23. Several persons were injured and one seriously, while thousands of pounds worth of damage was caused to houses and crops by a terrific storm which swept a narrow strip of Queensland on Saturday night. A traip from Southport to Brisbane followed in the wake of the storm and 1| hours was occupied in travelling two miles. Passengers had to alight to assist the train crew in removing scores of heavy tree limbs from the track. At Loganlea the railway station was reduced to match-wmod and a house opposite carried bodily about sixty Vyards and deposited near the railway, where the occupants were found among the wreckage. They were taken to hospital. Brisbane City escaped the storm but outlying suburbs suffered. A number of churches were seriously damaged in various districts.
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Waipukurau Press, Volume XXXI, Issue 46, 25 February 1936, Page 5
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