LIGHTNING STRIKE
FATALITIES AMONG SHEEP FIFTY KILLED OUTRIGHT SHEPHERDS SUFFER SHOCKS. (United Press Association—By Electric. Telegraph Copyright). Received 2.48 n.m, to-day. BRISBANE, Aug. 20. During a violent .storm in tihe Dirrn riband i district' 50 sheep, were killed by lightning and 150 others were smothered as the result of the confusion. The men in charge received severe shocks.
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Hawera Star, Volume L, 26 August 1930, Page 9
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58LIGHTNING STRIKE Hawera Star, Volume L, 26 August 1930, Page 9
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