A TERRIBLE DROUGHT.
DEPLORABLE ACCOUNTS FROM ALL PABTS OF AUSTRALIA. FAILURE OF CBOPS. Melbourne, Nov 26. The country is in a parched condition, and the water courses are drying. The heat is great, and several deaths from sunstroke occurred. Stenet, Nov. 26. At some places tbe temperature is as high as 108 in the shade. Many deaths are reported. Food in the country districts is at famine prices. Bush fires are raging in all directions. Brisbane, Nov 26. Deplorable accounts of the effects of the drought in the country have been received. BRISBANE, Nov 26. Terrible heat is being experienced here, tbe thermometer registering 105 in the shade.
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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 227, 27 November 1888, Page 3
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108A TERRIBLE DROUGHT. Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 227, 27 November 1888, Page 3
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