WONDERS OF THE AIR
FALL OF FLSII IN QUEENSLAND
SYDNEY, March 20 A phenomenon of rare occurrence is reported from Longreach, in Central Queensland, when in the midst of a storm last Saturday there was a downpour of small fish. Within a few' minutes after the storm worked up over the township, every hollow and rivulet was filled with thousands upon thousands of small fish, ranging from an inch to four inches in length!" The fish were of a kind quite unknown in the district. The nearest point at which they are found is 500 miles away, in the swamp country of the far west. Their journey must have been swift, since they survived it. Fish fell iu a storm at Quirindi (N.S.W.) some years ago, and they have fallen in Queensland before, and there have also been recorded showers of frogs and worms. Whirlwinds, it is explained, are responsible.
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Hokitika Guardian, 29 March 1924, Page 3
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