N.S. WALES STORMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 8 July 1931, Page 9

N.S. WALES STORMS

MORE LIFE AND PROPERTY LOSS. [BY CABLE —PBESS ASSN. —OOPYBIGHT.] SYDNEY, July 7. Although the weather moderated ovor-night, stormy conditions returned along the New South Wales coast. at noon to-day. A terrific squall, with drenching, driving rain, caused the utmost discomfort and loss of business, and also the disorganisation of all services. There are scenes of desolation in every suburb, where broken fences, gaping roofs, shattered windows, trailing electric light wires, floating debris, and broken trees bear testimony to the long-continued fury of the storm. The damage to roads, bridges and footpaths is enormous.

A fifth death is recorded. A railway fc-ttler was run down by a train during the blinding rain. HEAVY RAINFALL. SHIP’S STEERING GEAR SMASHED. (Received July 8, 10 a.m.) SYDNEY, July 8. The cyclone is rapidly diminishing. The fact that nearly 12 inches of rain was registered in the city in forty-eight hours, stamps the disturbance as one of tlie most remarkable in recent years. Seven hundred and eights points fell yesterday, the heaviest since 1889. ’ i

Another death occurred, by a man walking into a fallen electric light wire.

With one exception, all the vessels standing off the Heads were able to enter yesterday. The inter-State ship, Corrimal, had just sufficient coal in the bunkers to reach her 1)0101. She received a terrific pounding. The steering gear was smashed in. The freighter, Kowarra, also had the steering gear placed out of action. More heavy rain is forecast for today, with snow on the highlands.