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Auckland Star, Volume XL, Issue 271, 13 November 1909, Page 7

; A labourer named Arthur Coutts, who ; stays at the Salvation Army. hostelry, • was assisting to load a cart with bales I of shaving waste at the box factory of Messrs Banks and Grey this morning, i whe none of the bales struck him, knocking him over and breaking his leg just above the ankle. He was conveyed, to the Auckland hospital, where thei npured limb wa?' 6et. Temporary !blindnes3 and shock rei suited from a flash of lightning during : "the recent storm, and the victim, an • Oamaru housewife, is still suffering from i the effects. It is stated that the lady I was attending to her cuHnaTy duties , when the lightning seemed to strike oac I of the cooking utensils, and a flash was t followed iby iblindness lasting for several .' ihoure. In the circumstances it would i appear that tlie victim had. a EarxaWj &°m pennaaew £u£ujy> v .; . '