STORM IN WAIKATO.
ELECTRIC SERVICE DISORGANISED. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) CAMBRIDGE, this day. Yesterday afternoon about four o'clock a severe thunderstorm swept over the district, the thunder being very heavy and the lightning particularly vivid. Leamington, Monavale, and Roto-o-rangi suffered most, the electric service being disorganised in these districts owing to lightning perforating the transformers, which were cat cff. . Several cattle on the farm of Mr. H. Giles, at Monavale, had a narrow escape from death, being knocked down and dazed by lightning. Heavy rain was again experienced in Cambridge last night, and it is showery to-day. The rainfall registered for the last three days is at> follows: January !). .31in: January 10, 1.02 in; January 11,1 .45in. •
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 9, 12 January 1926, Page 5
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