Tree comes crashing down on Leura house, again

By Shane Desiatnik
Updated June 16 2015 - 3:25pm, first published 12:00am
The huge gum tree that crashed onto the roof of the main bedroom of Jack and Linda Watford's Leura home at 7am on Tuesday, June 9. They were home at the time but came out unscathed.
The huge gum tree that crashed onto the roof of the main bedroom of Jack and Linda Watford's Leura home at 7am on Tuesday, June 9. They were home at the time but came out unscathed.
Too close for comfort: Parts of the shattered ceiling landed just centimetres from the edge of the bed.
Too close for comfort: Parts of the shattered ceiling landed just centimetres from the edge of the bed.

A Leura couple is thanking their lucky stars after they came away unscathed when a huge gum tree crashed through the roof of their house and broke parts of the ceiling, missing their bed by inches.

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