ELECTRICAL WEATHER.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 208, 1 March 1912, Page 5

ELECTRICAL WEATHER.

PANIC AT A PICTURE PALACE. V Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 29, 9.35 p.m. Sydney, February 29. There was a fierce thunderstorm, ac j conipanied by torrential rain, at three o'clock this afternoon, since when heavy rain has continued. The cricket ground is flooded. The lightning fused some tram wires, stopping traffic for a time, and also fused some electric fittings in the American Picture Palace. The big audience rushed for the doors. Several were knocked down in the scramble, but no one was seriously injured. FIREBALL FALLS. SHOPS INUNDATED. SUBURBS UNDER WATER. Received 29, 12.45 a.nh' Sydney, February 20. . 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 waters. In some shops in the Haymarket the water reached to counter depth—four feet. Large areas in the low-lying suburbs are inundated, and much damage has been done.