SYDNEY SWEPT
PHENOMENAL STORM Sydney, April 11. Sydney was swept during the night by a phenomenal storm, which lashed the metropolitan area for an hour. The wine reached a velocity of 40 miles an hour, and 39 points of rain fell in 35 minutes. Miniature rivers flowed down every street, and the water banked up six feet high under a bridge in Ultimo, while efforts were made to rescue a woman who was nearly drowned. In this spot a car was submerged to the hood in rapidly-rising waters. The four occupants of the car scrambled to safety. During the downpoura woman was killed by a car at Petershaia,
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Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 169, 12 April 1930, Page 11
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108SYDNEY SWEPT Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 169, 12 April 1930, Page 11
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