HEAVY HAIL STORM
IN QUEENSLAND DISTRICTS. SEVERE DAMAGE RESULTS. Australian. Press Association.) /BRISBANE, October 10. . Several .centres in the Darling Downs w*er e .visited during the weekend by severe*! ,’storms. A terrific hailstorm over the northern suburbs of Brisbane caused extensive* damage. The hadstones, measuring up to 2/ inches across, dented roofs, crashing' through windows, and killed poultry. .. . , ; Hoods of motor ;i jcars, caught fo the storm, lookedCtis if they had been under machine gun fire. One piece qf ice weighed a quarter- of-.a pound. A citybound train had every window shattered on the- weatlher**side. Passengers - sought shelter under the seats. The engine-driver was stunned by the -hailstones. A woman on the Nudgee railway station was also struck down. About seven thousand acres of Darling Downs wheat were flattened, fruit trees and vines were stripped, hundreds of windows were broken, and many roofs of homes were pierced.
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Hokitika Guardian, 11 October 1932, Page 2
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