Violent Storms Rage in N.S.W.
Water Feet Deep for Miles PARALYSED BY LIGHTNING United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright Received Thursday, 11.20 p.m. SYDNEY, Jan. 26. Storms continue to cause heavy damage in parts of tho country. Sixteen inches of. rain fell p.t Eden on the south coast in as many hours during a violent storm. Business premises and homes were flooded. For miles tho waters rushed feet deep over roads and several bridges were swept away on Princess highway, the main road to Victoria, and traffic was cut off.
The post office at Hethercoto was flooded and the postmaster and family forced to. race for safety. An extraordinary storm at Dirrigo was accompanied by torrential rain, deafening thunder and nerve-racking lightning. Three people wore taken to hospital paralysed after being struck by lightning. Crops were washed out of the ground and hail penetrated tho hides of cattle, leaving them bleeding. Houses and sheds were unroofed.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LVI, Issue 7066, 27 January 1933, Page 6
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