LIGHTNING DAMAGE.
» ELECTRIC WIRES BROKEN. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) PALMERSTON NORTH, Friday. Lightning struck an 11,000-volt power line feeding Ashhurst and the Pohargina Valley and caused a power interruption in that area this afternoon when a thunderstorm of unusual violence passed over the district A power pole at Ashhurst was stripped of its outer covering and six breaks occurred m the wires at this point. In addition, transformer fuses in all parts of the district were burned out, entailing a considerable amount of travelling bv the workmen who restored the service. Another source of interference was a motor car which left the road on the Kangitikei line and crashed into a pole Five wires were severed by the force of the impact.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 1, 2 January 1937, Page 16
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121LIGHTNING DAMAGE. Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 1, 2 January 1937, Page 16
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