SEVERE STORM

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17951, 1 December 1932, Page 11

SEVERE STORM

; i SYDNEY’S EXPERIENCE y ' RECORD FALL OF RAIN SYDNEY, Nov. 34. Over two inches of rain fell in half an hour in Sydney on Sunday. practically every city and suburban street was flooded, and several basements of shops in the city were filled wjfh water resulting in a large amount of, ' damage. Farmers, Limited, repeated heavy losses as the result of stock being damaged by water. A Arc engine 'was requisitioned to pump 3m. ojfVatcx out of the basement of the ■ s'fpres. The soakage was so severe in Pitt stale t that the ceiling of .the first floor of. Washington H. Soul’s pharmacy collated, and .the debris shattered glass show cases in many other buildings. In the heart of the city lift wells were flobded, while floors of many houses m disTict6 outside the city were submerged. In several instances householders were forced to remove carpets anil furniture. Residents of Balmain and Newtown appeared to be the heavier losers. ’Trams were held up, and telephonic communication was severely dislocated in a number of suburbs. Damage to Toade, particularly where repairs were beipg carried out, was reported from mhhy centres, while at Randwick a drainage system was completely washed but. Spectacular lightning effects were witnessed in the Blue Mountains district, where many trees were struck. ,