LIGHTNING VICTIM.
TARANAK! MAORI KILLED. WALKING ACROSS PADDOCK. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) NEW PLYMOUTH, Thursday. A Maori named Wanau was struck dead by lightning in a paddock at Omata, four miles from New Plymouth, this evening. He was a married man with several children* Deceased was walking across a paddock with his son who, although only about Bft away from his father when the flash came, was unharmed. His father was killed, instantly. A brief thunderstorm followed a sunny and exceedingly hot day. Rain clouds quickly gathered and heavy rain fell, accompanied by lightning. Within an hour the evening was again perfect.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 259, 3 November 1933, Page 15
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101LIGHTNING VICTIM. Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 259, 3 November 1933, Page 15
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