SYDNEY LIGHTNING STORM
torrential rain and hail MINOR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. WEIGHT OF HAIL CRUSHES ROOF. ROADS RENDERED IMPASSABLE. By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. Sydney, Aug. 1. A severe electrical storm swept the metropolitan area during the night. Lightning disorganised the automatic point controlling gear at the North Sydney station, and caused temporary interference to the light supplies elsewhere. Torrential rain and hail in the eastern and southern suburbs did much minor damage to .property. The 'hailstorm was particularly severe on the south coast where the weight of accumulated hail caused a garage roof to collapse at Gardens were destroyed at Austinmer and roads rendered impassable. - The Bulli Pass was blocked for a time.
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Taranaki Daily News, 2 August 1932, Page 9
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