Posts Tagged ‘victoria’
Gale Force Winds bring trees down in VIC
August 18th, 2009
On the weekend trees were brought down by wild weather across Melbourne and Victoria.
Gusts of wind up to 110 kilometres per hour were recorded.
A tree crashed into a house in Belgrave, while trees crashed onto roads in country Victoria.
Woman killed by falling tree in Victoria
July 1st, 2009
A 49-year-old woman died after being struck by a fallen gum tree while walking across a basketball court at Highview Christian Community College in Maryborough on June 30 after Victoria after strong winds lashed much of the state.
Horsham was worst hit with falling trees doing damage to units and cars.
Trees falling on power lines caused state-wide blackouts.
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Tags: accident, Death, Falling Tree, maryborough, power lines, Property Damage, victoria | 
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Man chainsaws his own chest instead of tree
March 25th, 2009
In the news today, a man in Jacana, Victoria has sliced open his own chest while trying to cut a tree.
And another fell over 20 metres to the ground in Tyabb, Victoria while trying to lop branches.
UPDATE : There is word of mouth on Tree World that the man involved in the Tyabb incident, an experienced climber later died at age 34 from his injuries. This is a very sad thing to happen.
