RAGING CYCLONE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 142, 18 June 1930, Page 7

RAGING CYCLONE.

NIGHT OF TEMPEST. Heavy Flooding in Many N.S.W. Districts. HOMES EVACUATED. (United P.A.—Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Received 11.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. A tempestuous night with torrential rain was experienced in the coastal districts and out-back. The cyclone continued to rage throughout the night, the wind reaching a velocity of tiO miles per hour. All along the coast vessels are sheltering from the sea's fury. Over 150 families in the Cessnock district have abandoned their homes owing to flood waters. People in Patterson have also been forced out of their houses, seeking safety on higher ground. The Hunter River has swollen to 33 feet at Patterson and is still rising. In Newcastle many homes were inundated and families at" Cockle Creek have taken shelter in the railway station. In the main street of Cessnock. the water is ten feet high in shops. \ Further heavy rain and strong winds are predicted along the eastern areas. Coastal shipping has been suspended. A Kempsev express train carrying a large number of passengers had just emerged from a tunnel near the Hawkesbury River when the locomotive struck a mass of fallen rock and earth and left the metals. The following coach was damaged, but the occupants were not hurt. The services were partially dislocated for three hours.