NOW ABATING

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 7, 8 July 1931, Page 10

NOW ABATING

SYDNEY'S QBM.%.mom

ENORMOUS DAMAGE DONE

(•Se*eive3 Bth July, 9 amt^,

SYDNEY, This X)agfc )

After a day of renewed stormy oosiaitions along the New South Wale^ ooast, with terrifia squalls and drench* ing, driving rain, which caused the B*< most aiacomfort, a loss of busxaees, 'tufa the disorganisation of all services^ tho cyclone is rapidly diminishing.

The fact that nearly 12ia of raitf were registered in the city in fortyeight hours stamps the disturbance as one of the most remarkable in recent yearn Yesterday 780 points fell, the, heaviest since 1889.

There were scenes of desolation in every suburb. Broken fences, gaping: roofs, shattered windows, trailing elec* trie light wires, floating debris, and broken trees bear testimony to the long and continued fury of the storm.

The damage to roads, bridges,- and footpaths is enormous.

Another death is reported, a mau( walking into, a fallen electric light wirta This brings the total of deaths to siM as during a blinding rain squall a raaj£ way worker was run down by a train., With one exception, all the vessels' standing off the Heads was able to enter yesterday. The interstate vosusel Gorrimal had just sufficient coal in herj bunkers to reach her berth. Shot received a terrific pounding, and the sfceer* ing gear was smashed in. The freighter Kowarra also hajd he^ steering gear placed out of action.

More heavy rain is forecasted today, with snow on the highland^.