VIOLENT STORM

Evening Star, Issue 19788, 11 February 1928, Page 9

VIOLENT STORM

SYDNEY RAVAGED PROPERTY EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED RAILWAY WASHOUTS IN COUNTRY DISTRICTS Pres* Association —By Telegraph—Copyright* SYDNEY, February 10. (Received February 11, at noon.) Yesterday’s storm is described as one of the severest ever experienced in Sydney. The wind reached a velocity of fifty-four miles per hour. Chimneys and walls were blown down, and buildings were unroofed. At Drummoyno an electric cable was blown down, and the police had to form a cordon round it to protect pedestrians until repairs were effected. At Auburn a tree was struck by lightning, and eighteen workmen near by were thrown to the ground in a dazed condition. The storm lasted only a little over an hour. Fifty-llvo points of rain were recorded by the Weather Bureau, but many suburbs reported over an inch. On the northern foreshores of the harbor jagged bail fell. Some of the stones were more than an inch thick.At Neutral Bay many windows were broken. Similar storms are reported from the country districts, where many washouts ou the railways occurred.