STORM DAMAGE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21497, 22 May 1933, Page 9

STORM DAMAGE

SYDNEY SUFFERS MANY SHOPS FLOODED AOKAN(xI BERTHS LATE BOUGH SEA AT HEADS OTHER SHIPS RETURN By telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received May 21, 5.5 p.m.) • SYDNEY, May 21 The Aorangi arrived from Auckland several hours late yesterday, and did not berth till 1 p.m. She was 50 miles oft the Heads at 8 a.m., and took 10 hours to complete the run. Tho sea was too heavy to allow of the vessel's entry when she arrived at the Heads, and she cruised about until the weather moderated., Owing to tho rain tho Boselull races wero postponed till Tuesday. Friday night's gale reached a velocity of 57 miles an hour. It is impossible to estimate tho damage to property. Georgo Street, Sydney, suffered heavily. Shop floors were under water, and sand and sawdust barricades were erected against the floodwaters, while firemen wero kept busy salvaging stock. Lightning struck a home at Bondi and damaged the roof. The cyclone was particularly severe on shipping and some vessels which had put to sea were forced to turn back. The ferry services to Manly had to be suspended, " Stand off " signals were posted at Wollongong and Kiama, where high seas made the entrance of ships uncertain.

A stormwater channel in the suburb of Kensington burst, and houses and shops in tbe business centre were flooded. Selfridges, in Pitt Street, Sydney, had stork damaged to the extent of £3OOO, and many other shopkeepers had to remove sodden articles from ■shelves. Thousands of lato shoppers were drenched. Warnings of local floorls have been issued in the northern and southern coastal towns. STEAMER ASHORE DALCROY FOR AUCKLAND QUEENSLAND COAST MISHAP (Received May 21, 11.25 p.m.) SYDNEY, May 21 The captain of the steamer Dalcroy, bound from Java to Auckland, has sent a wireless message stating that the vessel is ashore on Dub Island, off the coast of Queensland. Apparently the steamer is not in a dangerous position. The Dalcroy is a steamer of 4558 tons gross register. She is owned by the United Steam Navigation Company, Limited, of Newcastle, and was built in 1930 at Greenock, Scotland.