FATAL FIREBALL
STORMS IN QUEENSLAND. BOY STRUCK DEAD. MUCH DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. United Prass Assn.—Elec Tel. Copyright. BRISBANE, Dec. 21. A six-year-old boy was killed by lightning, a suburban ohuroh was smashed to matohwood, and many houses were wrecked or severely damaged In a succession of violent storms, which swept over the Brisbane district! The wind reached,a velooity -of 55 miles an hour and fire balls were reported in some areas. George Rosenlund, aged six, was standing under a wireless aerial when a flash of lightning shattered the aerial, struck the boy dead, set fire to tne house, and threw a sewing machine 10ft. across the room. At Belmont four houses were lifted from their supports,, and the sleeping occupants hurled front their beds. A number of other people were injured when the walls crashed.
At Salisbury a fire-ball uprooted nearly 50 trees, levelled fencing, and disorganised the telephone lines. A cyclonic disturbance also caused heavy damage in the Rockhampton district.
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Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 19765, 21 December 1935, Page 7
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