SEVERE GALE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21716, 3 February 1934, Page 11

SEVERE GALE

NEW SOUTH WALES CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS THBILL FOE FLIEES FISHERMAN DKOWNED COLLISIONS IN SYDNEY Ss Te!«<traph—Press Association—Copyright ■Received February 2. 9.5 p,m.) SYDNEY. Feb. 2 A severe gale was experienced in New South Wales to-day. Tho whole of the eastern portion of the State was :rs?ihed by fierce squalls. An aeroplane from Melbourne had a thriiii"g dash through the storm. It was forced down to a low altitude, but managed to reach Mascot. The passengers —Miss Margaret Gilruth, daughter of Dr. J. A. Gilruth (Chief of the Division of Animal Health, Commonwealth Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, and formerly Chief Government Veterinarian to the New Zealand Government), and Mr. Russ Garling, a Sydney business man—jad a wild experience. A 25ft. fishing boat was blown on to the rocks at Cronulla. John Nobbs, aged 35, was drowned, and Andrew Bourke, aged 29, his companion, was rescued by five men who risked their lives 'in a tremendous battle with the breakers. Nobbs and Bourke had been blown miles along the coast and were attempting to beach their boat when it overturned. The stormy weather was responsible for collisions in three suburbs of Sydney. A motor lorry skidded against a tramcar in Mosman and five passengers in the latter were injured, also the driver. A vegetable lorry belonging to a Chinese crashed into a tramcar at St. Peter's, causing serious damage to the tram' and minor injuries to two passengers. A fire engine skidded against a Tailway bridge at Pymble and carried away a large portion of the brickwork. Three firemen had remarkable escapes from injury. The Roseliill races, which were to have been held to-morrow, have been postponed till Thursday, owing to the drenched condition of the course. The of the gale at the South Head Signal station was 50 miles an hour, " , . The Hunter River at Maitland is rising rapidly, and serious floods are threatening all the coastal river dis**Train* traffic is disorganised and roads fire blocked. THE MONOWAI DELAY AT SYDNEY HEADS SAILS IN HEAVY WEATHER (Received February 3, 12. 15 a.m.) SYDNEY. Feb. 2 The Monowai, bound for Wellington, left Sydney at 4.15 p.m. to-day, but subsequently anchored near the Heads. It is believed that some minor defect developed. She sailed at 8 p.m. in heavy weather. MONSOONAL RAIN /JEW SOUTH WALES DRENCHED FATALITY IN QUEENSLAND ■i f SYDNEY. Feb. 2 Monsoonal rains are drenching New South Wales, and flood and shipping warnings have been issued by the officials at the weather bureau. In some centres rivers have burst their banks. Continuous heavy rain is falling in Sydney, accompanied by a high wind. The tain has also extended to Queensland. At Maryborough during a downfall, Joan Kramer, aged seven, was swept through a drain for three-quar-ters /of a mile and was drowned. A schoolboy narrowly escaped a similar fate. BRITAIN SWEPT HEAVY SEAS RUNNING RESCUE BY LIFEBOATMEN (Received February 2, 6.5 p.m.) British Wireless RUGBY. Feb. 1 A fierce northerly gale swept Britain to-day. It was especially violent in the Channel and the North Sea. Two sailings /between Dover and Ostend had to be cancelled. i Lifeboatmen at Filey, Yorkshire, res- j cued in heavy seas the crew of a motorvessel. At Deal great waves pounded the foreshore and swept over the prom§nades and roads.