CYCLONE IN AUSTRALIA.
OUT-RACK TOWN RADLY STRUCK. SYDNEY, September 12. Early this morning a cyclone struck the town of Bourke from the souh. west, lasting one minute, and accoin-' panied by lightning and a waterspout, which lasted five minutes. A large amount, of damage was done. The Salvation Army barracks, a large building, was levelled, whilethe Caledonian Hotel, a brick structure, was wrecked, the inmates having a narrow escape. Several other buildings were badly damaged.
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Waikato Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8008, 13 September 1906, Page 2
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75CYCLONE IN AUSTRALIA. Waikato Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8008, 13 September 1906, Page 2
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