LONDON’S RECORD STORM
SEVEN-HOURS’ DURATION. LIGHTNING’S HAVOC. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, July 10. The greatest thunderstorm in livin< memory raged in London, for sever hours from midnight. Over fifty light ning flashes a minute were recorded and nearly two and a half inches o rain fell. Scores of houses were struck. Al: Justice Russell’s house at Walton wa struck twice and burned down. Thre< thousand telephone lines were put on of action, ami many Continental trim! lines were interrupted. The City Fire Brigade, responded t< fortv calls. No loss of life is report cd. ‘ _____
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Greymouth Evening Star, 11 July 1923, Page 5
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96LONDON’S RECORD STORM Greymouth Evening Star, 11 July 1923, Page 5
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