SWEEPING TORNADO
DESTRUCTION IN AUSTRALIA. (Australian Press Association.) (Received this day at,lo-25 a.m.) SYDNEY, October 11. A tprnado swept through the Manilla district, causing damage amounting to thousands of pounds. Sweeping along;.™-, a quarter of a mile front it demolished!**!.-* sheds and fencing, killing ' a large number of poultry and livestock. One station homestead was destroyed, and others were unroofed, while numerous barns, woolsheds, and garages were demolished. The Kiori siding station was smashed ’to pieces, and twenty telephone posts were broken. Both electric and, telephone" services were put out of action, • ' . ..
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Hokitika Guardian, 11 October 1932, Page 5
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92SWEEPING TORNADO Hokitika Guardian, 11 October 1932, Page 5
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