STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
HOUSE SET ON FIRE .
BOLSTER ON BED IGNITED.
COUPLE’S TERRIFYING TIME
(Per Press Association)
CHRISTCHURCH, This Day
A house in Dallington, occupied by Mr C. Watson and family, was struck and set afire by lightning during the height of a storm bn Tuesday evening. The occupants were in bed at the time.
The front- windows were blown out. Lightning set afire a bolster on the bed where Mr and Mrs Watson .were sleeping. They had a terrifying experience, but their daughter obtained the help of two linesmen who were working at a sub-station nearby. The linesmen put. the fire out. The switch-gear at the sub-station was also damaged.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 53, Issue 202, 8 June 1933, Page 6
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