THE STORM IN AUSTRALIA.
WIND AGAINST TRAIN.. BBAYE RESCUE BY FISHERMEN. PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. Received 23. 10.29 p.m. Melbourne, January 23. Telegraphiccommunication i*gr-atly disorganised by the storm, which has done much damage, many houses bairg UDrocfed in the country. The Melbourne express me 1 -, the full force of the gele at. cne part of tVe journey to Sydney, and an extra engine had to be attached to enable the train to make headway. During the height of the gale the tug Rccklese, whil* beine towed to Geelotig with two men, women, aDd neveral children aboard, broke adrift, and ran on the rocks near Frankst >n. A scratch crew of fißbemen in the fac* of a he»vy pea, and at great riste, res cued the tug people f-om their perilous position.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 20, 24 January 1902, Page 3
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130THE STORM IN AUSTRALIA. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 20, 24 January 1902, Page 3
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