A FIERCE RAIN.
DELUGES SYDNEY. MUCH DAMAGE DONE. Press Association —Bj Tel. —Copyright.' Received 5.5 p.m;, March 22nd. SYDNEY, March 22., Friday night's deluge caused many thousands of pounds worth of damage and one death. The rain was the fiercest for thirty-six years. Seventy points fell'in four and a half minutes. The streets were turned into rushing torrents. Water invaded shops and houses; thirty tram cars were derailed in different parts of the city andsu.bwsbs; an ancient aboriginal burying ground at Manly was gouged out and Jiones and skulls unearthed and exposed. A man named Knight was driving home to Parramatta when the storm water washed his horse into a creek and Knight was drowned. Steady rain has been' almost continuous since the storm.
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Timaru Herald, Volume C, Issue 15302, 23 March 1914, Page 5
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124A FIERCE RAIN. Timaru Herald, Volume C, Issue 15302, 23 March 1914, Page 5
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