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Gas leak and storm assail four mile bore near Boggabri
Four miles from Boggabri a bore reached 210 feet when an effusion of gas ignited after a match set it alight. The flame boiled a billy and rumbling noises persisted through the day. A severe windstorm then battered Inverell with heavy rain, damaging houses, felling trees, toppling chimneys, and injuring a child. Billy Hughes, seen by tourists on a wrecked car, proclaimed he had smashed Governments and ears but remained atop the car.
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