STORM IN MELBOURNE
(Received 20th January, 2 p.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day. A spectacular thunderstorm, preceded by vivid lightning and loud daps of thunder, was experienced in Melbourne. So intense was the downpour of rain. '. that the streets were inundated within a few minutes. Traffic was suspended and considerable damage was done ; to the contents of houses and shops in lowlying areas, where the water in places reached a level more than two-feet. The storm passed in thirteen minutes, „., but in that time 75 points of rain were recorded. The suburban electric .trainservice was disorganised owing to. the overhead gear being struck by light- ". ning- . ■.
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 16, 20 January 1928, Page 8
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104STORM IN MELBOURNE Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 16, 20 January 1928, Page 8
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