STATUE DECAPITATED
LONDON. During a heavy storm at Newcastle—the second experienced by the city in a month—the famous Earl Grey monument was struck by lightning. The statue was decapitated, the head falling 130 ft on to the tramlines below. No car was hit.
Part of the statue's arm and a portion of the cloak were also carried away. Tramway wires were broken, and a shop window smashed by flying fragments from the monument. i At one time the storm was so intense that there was an almost continuous blaze of lightning. For about an hour rain fell in such volume that some streets were flooded to a depth of six inches.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 272, 17 November 1941, Page 5
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