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HEAVY STORM IN SYDNEY

4 MAN KILLED BY LIGHTNING. A thunderstorm broke over Sydney on the afternoon of February 20, accompanied by a deluge of rain and a. sharp fall of 10 degrees in temperature. In twenty minutes 87 points of rain fell. Heavy peals of thunder preceded the rain, and when the storm broke it was only a matter of seconds before the streets were flooded. • The rain fell with such force that the water channels were very ?oon f ast ~ flowing rivers, rapidly banking up. as the drains were choked by the sudden volume. At Circular Quay the water rose quickly, and a torrent of water submerged the roadway at the foot of Pitt Street. At the Weather Bureau, between 1.45 p.m. and 2.5 p,ni., •87 points of rain fell, and of this amount 55 points fell in ten minutes. This is at the rate of 330 points an hour. The storm was particularly severe at Cronulla, and at three o'clock Gilbert Henderson, a carter, was struck dead by lightning. He had gone to the Cronulla beach to fish with six companions. They were standinp close together when the lightning flashed. AIL of them were thrown down. Every article of clothing was burned oft Henderson's body.

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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 142, 5 March 1918, Page 4

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HEAVY STORM IN SYDNEY Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 142, 5 March 1918, Page 4

HEAVY STORM IN SYDNEY Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 142, 5 March 1918, Page 4

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