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| Keywords: StateLibQld 2 196967 Collage of images of the Stiger vortex guns experiments, 1901.jpg en Collage of images of the Stiger vortex guns experiments 1901 The Stiger Vortex gun was an idea from Professor Clement Wragg a Queensland meteorologist who had 10 guns built in Brisbane and after testing they were taken to Charleville in an attempt to break the drought Guns were then placed in different parts of the town and on 2 September 1902 gunpowder was emptied into the breech of each gun and then detonated No significant rain fell but the drought did break later that year 1901 handle 10462/deriv/95782 the Queenslander 19 October 1901 p 750 Contributor s Queenslander Brisbane Qld 1866-1939 PD-Australia StateLibQld-License Black and white photographs Hail cannons 1901 in Queensland Images from The Queenslander | ||||
