Tornado Flattens South African Town

Series

Series Name

British Paramount News

Issue

Issue No.

1854

Date Released

6 Dec 1948

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Santa Claus Takes Toronto by Storm
2. 2Tornado Flattens South African Town
3. 3News in Flashes: Stop Press: Dolls’ House
4. 4News in Flashes: Stop Press: Eton Wall Game
5. 5News in Flashes: Stop Press: Anglo-US Agreement
6. 6News in Flashes: Stop Press: Berlin Children Evacuated
7. 7Midinettes Thank Us - in Hats!
8. 8England Swamp Swiss

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 8

Summary

First pictures of devastation in Roodepoort, South African town near Johannesburg, which was wrecked by tornado.

Keywords

Weather; Accidents and disasters

Library number

17351

Length of story (in feet)

80

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Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean

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