ELECTRICAL WEATHER.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 56, 1 March 1912, Page 6

ELECTRICAL WEATHER.

HIGHLY EXCITING HAPPENINGS •IN,SYDNEY. FIREBALL IN GEORGE STREET. ■ r ... ' Sydney, February 29. There was a fierce thunderstorm, accompanied by torrential rain,. at 3 o,!clock this afternoon, since when rain has continued. The lightning fused some tram wires, stopping’traffic for a time, and also fused some- electric fittings in the American Picture Palace. The audience rushed for the doors. Several were,knocked down, in the scramble, but no one- was seriously injured. At the height of the storm a fireball fell in George Street, and two tramcars were struck by lightning, but there was no damage done. "Many business places, including Hordern ‘Bros., had their stocks severely -damaged .by the encroaching flood warders. jIiT. some shops in the Haymarket the water reached to counter dfeptht2iJdfiV'‘fee£; t <•><■

Large areas in the low-lying sub:UKbs..are .inundated) -and- much damage has been done. ( ) J%E r ) (Received 1, 9.40 a.m.) ; t Sydney, March fT V ‘

lesterday’is rain storm was extremely violent, four.hundred cud six- , teen ; points' faliing rh a .few hours. Portion of the time it fell at.the rate of five inches per hour. All thoroughfares converging ..raging tordamage .is extensive..... .A wamattmk .'knocked off the car. He suffered severely from shock. By a clbud-bunst at Gaper tee, near Lithgow, a thousand tons of rock from/th© JjnMnpS’ sgle find ‘blbeked the*-riihway'": and roads. Trucks fuid coalskips were buried or The. floors , of--. houses ’ were-covered to a depth of several feet. Two bridges were oarri'ed hwiay. : ■ r :