DRY SPELL BROKEN.
COPIOUS RAINS IN NEW SOUTH WALES. By Teleera-pa—Press AGsooiation-OopyrisM Sydney, March. 21. The long spell of. dry weather has broken. Good rains have fallen in the eastern portion of the State. ; There was a r torrific .downpour in the'city 1 at midnight,'!' the'-' street's 1 ' ' being flooded. ■(Roc; March 1 22, 5.5 p.m.) " ■ • "'•'• ." -<" Sydney, March 2l'. Friday night's deluge caused many thousands of pounds worth of damage, and one death. The rainfall was the fiercest for thirty-six years—7o points fell in 4J minutes—and the streets, were .turned into rushing torrents. Tho water invaded shops and houses. : Thirty trams wero derailed in' dif-. ferent parts of the city and suburbs. An ancient aboriginal burying-ground at Manley was unearthed, and bones and skulls exposed.
- A man named Knight was driving home from Parramatt'i when the storm water washed his horse into a creek. Knight was drowned.
Steady rain has been almost continuous sinco the storm.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2014, 23 March 1914, Page 5
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156DRY SPELL BROKEN. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2014, 23 March 1914, Page 5
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