HEAT WAVE IN VICTORIA 07 Dec 1950. At Boort, inland Victoria, the temperature at 2.30 was 104 and still rising. 40 Celsius
HEAT WAVE IN VICTORIA (1950, December 7). Queensland Times (Ipswich, Qld. : 1909 – 1954), p. 1 (DAILY). Retrieved December 8, 2023, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/117257940?searchTerm=Record%20Heat%20december#
MELBOURNE, Dec. 6 As Melbourne continues to swelter in a record December heat-wave, shops are making record sales of electric fans. refrigerators, men’s summer suits, and even panama hats.
Hundreds of people slept on bayside beaches last night when the temperature was never below 75 degrees the hottest December night for nine years.
Melbourne’s noon temperature to-day was 98 degrees. This was followed by a cool change
which the Weather Bureau warned was only temporary.
Bush fire warnings have been issued and country fire brigades are on the alert. At Boort, inland Victoria, the temperature at 2.30 was 104 and still rising.
A state of emergency exists in the city water supply, as consumption soars during the heat wave. The Board of Works warned to-day that thousands of people would be without water if three suburban water storages fell much lower.
North Essendon reservoir supplies failed for three hours last night for the first time in history and again to-day.
House-holders In the western suburbs were without water, and fire hydrants had no water
pressure. All Melbourne house-holders have been warned to stop watering their gardens im-
medlately to prevent failure of supplies
16 COLLAPSE IN SYDNEY
SYDNEY. Dec. 6. Sixteen people collapsed because of the heat in Sydney to-day.
Fifteen were treated in hospital, and then were allowed to go home. Women in shops crowded
with Christmas buyers also were affected, but revived when helped outside.
The highest temperature was 83.8 degrees at 12.30 p.m. the lowest was 62.8 at 5.10 a.m., with 90 per cent. humidity.
In the southern and western parts of the State heat wave conditions continued.