FURIOUS CYCLONE
WEST AUSTRALIAN TOWN IN DANGER
SURROUNDING BY RISING SEA.
WIRELESS APPEAL FOR HELP. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received This Day. 10.30 a.m.) PERTH. January 11. An eighty mile an hour cyclone al Port Hedland (on the north-west coast of Australia) has raised such seas that many houses in the town have been washed away. The town, which is built in a low-lying area, close to the sea. is now isolated.
An urgent wireless appeal for assistance. saying: "Hedland is surrounded by the sea. The wind is increasing, and the sea is rising. Please endeavour to get a message to Broome, Perth, or anywhere possible.” was picked up by the Balfour Downs Station late yesterday afternoon.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 January 1939, Page 7
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116FURIOUS CYCLONE Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 January 1939, Page 7
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