STARTLING EXPLOSIONS
FIREBALL STRIKES WIRE THUNDERSTORM IN SYDNEY (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) SYDNEY, April 5. The several days’ display of lightning culminated last night in ah awe-inspir-ing thunderstorm and torrential rain, which did much damage in Sydnfey and environs. A fireball struck and burned through the electric train overhead wires at Eastwood, and the engine of the incoming country train came in contact with the sagging wires, causing two startling explosions, the crew having a remarkable escape from injury. The electric trams iir several suburbs were interrupted. Even the harbour bridge train was delayed slightly, while a number of low-lying places were flooded, in one case to a depth of six feet, as the result of a downpour which lasted for two hours. Two circus elephants, alarmed by the lightning and thunder, broke loose from their stables at Redfern, and ran wild in the busy streets, scaring women and children, then entered Redfern Park, damaging the trees, till they were recaptured by keepers.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21612, 6 April 1932, Page 7
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