IN THE WAIRARAPA
A NARROW ESCAPE
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) ' MASTERTON, February 15. A severe thunderstorrri- which broke over the district 'early 'this morning did considerable damage in the Te Whiti district; near Masterton. A number of electric power and tele- j phone fuses wore blown out, and in one J case a telephone 'was. almost wrenched from the wall. .: , Mr. and- Mrs. 5.7 H_ Cotter had a fortunate escapo.. , They were -standing scarcely three yards away from two 400-gallqn; tankss when lightning struck one of thehi. with a deafening report, bursting two large holes in-either side through which the water pOured out. 7
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 39, 16 February 1933, Page 13
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103IN THE WAIRARAPA Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 39, 16 February 1933, Page 13
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