During last week, Geelong, now a upon the map of Australia ow:
to a revival of commercial activities within her boundaries, was [struck by a tornado which was evidently the aftermath of a storm which had flooded miles of country in and around Perth, Western Australia, Geelong, many' houses being smithereens, one child killed and many adults injured while trees, telephone poles, motor cars, sheds and other lighters parts of life necessities went skeltering ahd splintering around the town, The child Norman Munyard was killed in an extraordinary manner. The father had got the family out lof the house when the entire flooring of his residence was wrenched from the ground and carried into the air, to fall upon the unfortunate boy. Mr. Munyard was carrying one child at the time and leading the! boy but the force of the storm wrenched his young son away from his grasp and at that moment the flooring fell. The flooring had to be prised up by willing helpers. and "he poor little mangled body was discovered underneath it.
One cool young woman was seated ina heavy touring car when the [storm burst and part of an iron roof tore through the top of the car settling over the bonnet and backs the seats. How she escaped injury was a miracle but she crawled from underneath the weighty mater fal and finding another car a lit! farther down the road coolly put it] in working order ani commenced iving the injured to the various hospitals, All the neighbouring towns which receive theirasupply of] electricity from Geelong were cut} off, 'The towns affected in this manner were Queenseliffe, Ocean Grove, Barwon Heads, Come, Camlperdown, Terang, and' Warrnambool Ibesides the villages lying in between.
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