GALE IN AUSTRALIA.
SEVERE ANTARCTIC DISTURBANCE By Telegraph—Press 'Association—Copyright , -i '" . Sydney, March 14. A double-headed Antarctic disturbance, •which covered the whoW of South-Eastern Australia, occurred yesterday, and provided ..one of the most energetic experiences for sometime. 1 Two yachts went ashore in the harbour, and the ketch Brothers had portion of her sails carried away off North Head. A tug. rescued "her. ' Several. buildings, were unroofed. The maximum velocity of the wind was sixty miles'an hour. The storm at Newcastle was one of the' severest for . some time. There were heavy squalls of rain and hail. The Lambton Fire Station was wrecked, and several roofs of chouses torn off. The -wind velocity was '< seventy-five miles an hour. - •. .' SHIPS ASHORE. Adelaide, March 1-1. 'A violent westerly : sent two yachts ashore, which smashed the schooner Albatross, £.nd also sank her... . The French vessel General Desonis, wheat-laden, dragged her anchors and went aground.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1699, 15 March 1913, Page 7
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150GALE IN AUSTRALIA. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1699, 15 March 1913, Page 7
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