HEAVY HAIL STORM

Taranaki Daily News, 1 November 1935, Page 9

HEAVY HAIL STORM

BRISBANE SUBURBS SUFFER. ICE PACKS ON FOOTPATHS. Heavy rain which fell at Brisbane recently was followed two hours later by a terrific hailstorm, which the southern and western suburbs. It was heralded by an ominous roar and left havoc in its train. . Business premises and private dwellings were flooded, electric light and telephone wires and hoardings were blown down and hundreds of windows were broken. Traffic was disorganised for a time, and in some places council employees were busy breaking through ice packs on the footpaths. The hail, which fell in large jagged

pieces, was piled high on the verandahs of buildings and against awnings and fences. At St. Lucia State farm for boys a flourishing young potato crop was torn to shreds. Maize was beaten down and the vegetable garden laid waste. During the height of the storm Andrew Paxton, aged 78, was sitting in a chair on the verandah of his residence at Annerley, when he suddenly collapsed and died shortly afterwards. The city area missed the hail.