Storm Casualties
Among those injured during this afternoon's hailstorm were-- Nancy Mason, 14. Christle-st., Crow's Nest. Lacerations…
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Gale of the "Gundagai"
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Continued on Trove, page 6 →Storm Holds Up Races
RANDWICK RACES were held up for over half an hour by today's terrific hailstorm. This scene was taken after the crowd had rushed the stands and refreshment rooms for shelter…
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RANDWICK RACES were held up for over half an hour by today's terrific hailstorm. This scene was taken after the crowd had rushed the stands and refreshment rooms for shelter…
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RANDWICK RACES were held up for over half an hour by today's terrific hailstorm. This scene was taken after the crowd had rushed the stands and refreshment rooms for shelter…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Freak Hail Storm Hits City
A freak storm, with hailstones said to be eight inches in circumference, hit the Bankstown and Hurstville districts shortly after 2…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hundreds Hurt in Freak City Storm Damage By Huge Hail
CAUGHT in a freak hailstorm of incredible violence, many hundreds of people were injured in Sydney and suburbs soon after 2.30 this afternoon. Hail bigger than tennis balls smashed thousands of windows, and caused other widespread damage to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney Lashes by Terrifying Storm Many Injured By Huge Hailstones
A HAILSTORM of incredible violence broke over Sydney soon after 2.30 this of afternoon, smashing thousands of windows and doing tremendous damage. Hailstones, bigger than tennis balls, created an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hundreds Hurt in Freak City Storm Damage By Huge Hail
CAUGHT in a freak hailstorm of incredible violence, many hundreds of people were injured in Sydney and suburbs soon after 2.30 this afternoon. Hail bigger than tennis balls smashed thousands of windows, and caused other widespread damage to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hundreds Hurt in Freak City Storm Damage By Huge Hail
CAUGHT in a freak hailstorm of incredible violence, many hundreds of people were injured in Sydney and suburbs soon after 2.30 this afternoon. Hail bigger than tennis balls smashed thousands of windows, and caused other widespread damage to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Storm Washes Out Shield Match Play N.s.w. Loses Two Wickets for 117
The freak storm which hit Sydney this afternoon washed-out the Sheffield Shield match between N.S.W. and Queensland at the Sydney Cricket Ground shortly after the lunch adjournment when N.S.W. had lost…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Storm Washes Out Shield Match Play N.s.w. Loses Two Wickets for 117
The freak storm which hit Sydney this afternoon washed-out the Sheffield Shield match between N.S.W. and Queensland at the Sydney Cricket Ground shortly after the lunch adjournment when N.S.W. had lost…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Storm Washes Out Shield Match Play N.s.w. Loses Two Wickets for 117
The freak storm which hit Sydney this afternoon washed-out the Sheffield Shield match between N.S.W. and Queensland at the Sydney Cricket Ground shortly after the lunch adjournment when N.S.W. had lost…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Three More Yachts Across Line Progress Halted By Bass Strait Storm Sydney Cutter Hay Win Event
THREE more yachts in the Sydney-Hobart race -- the Sydney schooner Mistral, the Sydney gaff-cutter Defiance, and the Tasmanian ketch…
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THREE more yachts in the Sydney-Hobart race -- the Sydney schooner Mistral, the Sydney gaff-cutter Defiance, and the Tasmanian ketch…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three More Yachts Across Line Progress Halted By Bass Strait Storm Yawl Unsighted for Six Days
Three more yachts in the Sydney Hobart race -- the Sydney schooner Mistral, the Sydney gaff-cutter Defiance, and the Tasmania ketch…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three More Yachts Across Line Progress Halted By Bass Strait Storm Sydney Cutter May Win Event
THREE more yachts in the Sydney-Hobart race -- the Sydney schooner Mistral, the Sydney gaff-rigged cutter Defiance, and the Tasmanian ketch…
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Sir,âDuring the Sydney-Hobart ocean yacht race it was reported that some of the competing yachts spent a day hove-to riding out a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storm's Havoc
INJURED People injured by hailstones during yesterday afternoon's fierce storm, including a surfer (at right), arriving at St. Vincent's Hospital for treatment. Fifty persons injured by the storm were treated at the hospital. DAMAGE ABOVE: Considerable damage was caused at the National Art Gallery when skylights were…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Where Storm Struck
Suburbs affected by the storm include:Bankstown, Belmore, Enfield, Rockdale, Bexley, Bexley North,…
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