SWEPT BY A CYCLONE.
DAMAGE AT KALGOORLIE. SEVERAL BUILDINGS LEVELLED. HOSPITAL PATIENTS WASHED OUT OF BED. Received February 26, 9.36 a.m. PERTH, February 26. At Kalgooriie a cyclone, accompanied by heavy rain, swept the town and levelled several dwellings. The Town Hall, in course of erection, suffered damage to the extent of £2,000. The electric light and tram services were demoralised, and the town was for several hours in darkness. At the hospital some of the patients were washed out of their beds.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9034, 27 February 1908, Page 5
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83SWEPT BY A CYCLONE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9034, 27 February 1908, Page 5
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