TOP LEFT: The shattered skylight at Central Railway Station. LOWER LEFT: The flooded main assembly hall of the station after hail and rain had poured through the broken skylight. TOP RIGHT: Richard Fox, of Hurlstone Park, with some of the large hailstones which fell during the brief, but destructive, storm. LOWER RIGHT: Comparison with a matchbox indicates size of ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 81 wordsA terrific hailstorm which lashed the city and many suburbs early yesterday afternoon, caused damage estimated at hundreds of thousands of pounds. Hundreds were injured by huge hailstones ...
Article : 173 wordsThe storm wrought great damage in the city itself. The skylight along the entire length of the assembly platform ...
Article : 555 wordsSuburbs affected by the storm include:Bankstown, Belmore, Enfield, Rockdale, Bexley, Bexley North, ...
Article : 49 wordsMELBOURNE, Wednesday. —Seventeen uniformed police-men quickly swarmed on to the M.C.C. arena and around the ...
Article : 202 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.—Sir Winston Dugan, Governor of Victoria, will carry on the duties of Governor-General pending the ...
Article : 120 wordsMore than 350 storm victims were treated yesterday at hospitals and by ambulance officers. Many hundreds of others did not seek skilled attention for minor cuts and bruises. Most of the injured had been hit ...
Article : 751 wordsAt Bondi Beach men, women, and children sheltered beneath hundreds of motor cars parked on the waterfront. ...
Article : 323 wordsThe Weather Bureau explained yesterday that two thunderstorms accompanied by hail which struck Sydney yesterday afternoon ...
Article : 153 wordsLONDON, Jan. 1 (A.A.P.).— The wife of Test cricketer J. T. Ikin to-day gave birth to a boy. The boy was described as "a very ...
Article : 31 wordsA preliminary official estimate fixes damage in the eastern suburbs to homes and flat buildings at about £250,000. ...
Article : 118 wordsFREAK STORM.—Hundreds of thousands of pounds' worth of damage was caused by a terrific hailstorm which flailed the city ...
Article : 322 wordsWith tiles and glass already scarce, the storm aftermath will put yet another strain on the housing programme. ...
Article : 127 wordsFive days remain for entry in the third "Find the Ball" competition conducted by the "Herald" for the Children's Hospital. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 2 Jan 1947, Page 1
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