TEN INCHES OF RAIN IN 24 HOURS
Received Frida v, 7 p.m. SYDXEY, April 18. Ten inclies of rain fell at Xewcastlei during the 24 hours ending 10 p.m. yes- 1 terday. Shops and roads were llooded I and line washouts have delayed the j train services. The total rainfall for ; four days exceeded 182(5 points, isolating coalfields and interfering with all | forms of trafiie. .Many camjiers in tliej Mydney and Xewcastle areas were flood- ! ;ed;.put and are being provided with ae- J c.om'modation by .the locah auth.orit'ies. j Last night hundreds of people were stranded at Sydney's CentraJ Station I otvilig to the cancellation of the tram i to the North ('oast and liundreds spmit I the night on the platforms. Their j chance of socuring a bed for the night I in, the alreadv overcrowded ho'tels, was j a slim one. The sudden wet spe.ll has bereft. all I Sydney sliops of unibrellas but dozensj are finding their wav back to tlie lost i property ofiice as thev are left on trainui and buses. Today the weather is fine with intermittent sunshine and early buses and ' tfains are crowded as lioliday-makers j start belatedlv for Faster camps and j resorts.
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Chronicle (Levin), 20 April 1946, Page 5
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