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| Keywords: StateLibQld 2 65859 Battery of Stiger Vortex rain-making guns at Charleville, 1902.jpg en Battery of Stiger Vortex rain-making guns at Charleville 1902 The Stiger Vortex gun was an idea from Professor Clement Wragg a Queensland meteorologist who had 10 guns built in Brisbane and 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 1902-08-01 handle 10462/deriv/77021 the Queenslander 16 August 1902 p 361 PD-Australia StateLibQld-License Men's clothing of Australia Black and white photographs Hail cannons Charleville Queensland 1902 in Queensland | ||||
