STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
THUNDERSTORM IN AUCKLAND,
(EX TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.) AUCKLAND, This Daj A thunderstorm struck the city at 4 a.m. on Sunday, and the resilience- of Mr. W. Birkenhead, at Mount Eden, was* struck by lightning, a wireless plant appiirently acting ac receiver. The chimney top was shattered, a considerable portion of the fireplace blown out, and the hearth and tiles damaged! The occupants escaped injury. ' At Parnell a chimney ivas damaged and some telephone wires broken.
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 143, 18 June 1923, Page 8
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77STRUCK BY LIGHTNING Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 143, 18 June 1923, Page 8
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