THOUSANDS STRANDED
Sydney Deluge Causes Widespread Damage SYDNEY, September 29. More than 3in. of rain fell in one hour this morning when Sydney experten'ced one of the most severe storms iu its history. The water inundated lowlying areas, invaded homes, shops, and factories, and marooned thousands ot People. . , A fireball partly unroofed a chiirca, and several trains, trains, and a bus were struck by lightning, but the passengers escaped injury. Heavy hail tell when the storm broke, and in some parts the drifts were 4ft. in depth. Some ol the hailstones were as big as marbles. Tram, train and bus traffic was dislocated, and tens of thousands of peopm were kite for work. Key city terminals were iu chaos as the downpour prevented the travellers from leaving wharves and .stations. Some waded through flooded streets in bare feet. Many thousands of pounds’, worth of damage was done to market gardens and poultry farms in the outer suburbs. Crops were washed away or broken down by hail, and fowls died iu hundreds —drowned or killed by hail.
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Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 5, 1 October 1943, Page 5
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176THOUSANDS STRANDED Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 5, 1 October 1943, Page 5
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