STORM AND RAIN

Evening Star, Issue 19409, 18 November 1926, Page 5

STORM AND RAIN

AUSTRALIAN 2EOBCHTB BROKEN DELUGE IN QUEENSLAND. Press Association—By Telogranh—Copyright BRISBANE, November 17. Heavy rains which have been experienced in the drought-stricken areas have greatly benefited the crops. The downpour was so heavy in many places that all the telephone and telegraph lines are down, A message from Melbourne states that a heavy wind and rainstorms have disorganised all interstate telegraphic communication. DAMAGE IN MELBOURNE. MELBOURNE, November 17. The storm caused extensive damage. Houses were unroofed, telephone and telegraph lines snapped as though they were of cotton, and numbers of small ci aft in P.ort Phillip were blown from their moorings on to the rocks and destroyed. SYDNEY SUFFERS LESS. SYDNEY, November 18. (Received November 18, at 10.10 a.m.) The storm that did so much damage at Melbourne was felt to a lesser degree at Sydney, where the wind reached a velocity of fifty-four miles per hour. Exceptionally high seas were experienced off the coast, and shipping was buffetted. GALE STILL BLOWING. MELBOURNE, November 18. (Received November 18, at 10.10 a.m.) Exceptionally high seas are running owing to the gale, those in the bay being the roughest experienced for many years. Some small vessels are aground. Telegraph and telephone communication is completely disorganised, and interstate lines are affected.