VICTORIAN STORMS
MAN KILLED BY LIGHTNING
FOUR OTHERS BADLY BURNED.
(Australian Press Association)
(Received this day at 12.30 p.m.) MELBOURNE, November 30.
George Abbot, aged 19, was killed by lightning, and four companions severely burned while sheltering under a tree at Stawelll from a severe storm which swept most of the State, causing widespread damage and floods. Tasmanian passenger airliners were unable to cross Bass Strait owing to poor visibility and high winds.
Two fishermen have been missing since Tuesday, and are feared to be lost .
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Hokitika Guardian, 1 December 1933, Page 5
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