FIREBALL STRIKES CHURCH.
EXTI- N'SIVE DAMAGE DONE
A fireball struck the Congregational Union buiding at Surry Hills, Sydney, durin;; a recent storm. There was an explosion. A hole was torn in the slate roof about six feet by four feet, and the woodwork caught fire. The ball forced its way under the slatee and splintered some timber supports, while the electric bght switches were destroyed. Debris fell into the church, and water poured in through the gaping hole in the roof. Si.'.cr Gibson and a girl were in the chinch ut the time, but they escaped injury, tli» only effect on them being shock. ■ 'Ihe explosion caused alarm in the neighbourhood, and in a few minutes a crowd of people had gathered around the building which is over 100 feet high, and built mostly of brick. Workmen made temporary repairs. Sister Gibson siated that the report of the explosion of the fireball was like a crack 01 thunder and the building shook. ..he felt stunned for a while, and she and me young women were showered with splinters.
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New Zealand Herald, Issue 17266, 16 September 1919, Page 8
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