FIRE BALL AT COOTAMUNDRA.
BUILDINGS WRECKED. PEOPLE PANIU STRICKEN. PBB PEW-O ASSOCIATION. Received 27, 1.0 a.m Sydney, April 26. Following closely on the heels of the floods, Cootamundra hid a etirtling vif itntion of an opprsite character a! an early hour on Saturday morning. What is describ d by a few fye witnesses who saw it as an immeira ball of fire by a rushing sound resembling thundi-r struck one of the mt in strests, and trave sad it for a considerable distance, uproofing and wrecking bui'dings in its tiack, bfS'dfcs destroy ng telegraph wircssnd working general havoc. The p op'e ru-h d in»o tie stye's in their night clothf s, panic stri ken. The Commercial Hotel was a'mogdenulished, while the Globs Ho'el and a number of o her buildings were badly damaged. There were many narrow ppcepes, some persons being bu ned slightly or hurt in tbe debris, bu fc . n;>ne were setiou-ly injurpd. Tho damage is es'imated at ,£SOOO. The phenomenon lasted cn'y a few sscoods. Heavy rain was falling at the time.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 103, 27 April 1903, Page 3
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175FIRE BALL AT COOTAMUNDRA. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 103, 27 April 1903, Page 3
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