STILL RAGING
AUSTRALIAN STORMS HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO CAUSE MUCH DAMAGE LIGHTNING PARALYSES PEOPLE Rec. Jan. 26, 11.25 p.m. Sydney, January 26. Storms continue to cause heavy damage in parts of the country. Sixteen inches of rain fell at Eden on the South Coast in as many hours during a violent storm. Business premises and homes were fiooded for miles. The waters rushed feet deep over the roads. Several bridges were swept away on the Prince's Highway, the main road to Victoria, and traffic is cut off. Tho post office at Heathercote v/as fiooded and the postmaster and his family were f oreed to race for saf ety. An extraordinary storm at Darrigo was accompanied by torrential rain, deafening thunder and nerveracking lightning. Three people were taken to hospital paralysed after being struck by lightning. Crops were washed out of the ground and hail penetrated the hides of cattle leaving them bleeding.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 441, 27 January 1933, Page 5
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152STILL RAGING Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 441, 27 January 1933, Page 5
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