STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
MAORI KILLED. New Plymouth, November 2 A Maori named Wanau was struck dead by lightning in a paddock at Omata this evening. He was a married man with several children.
Wanau was walking across a paddock with a son who, though only about eight feet away from bis father when the flash came, was unharmed. Wanau’s death was immediate. A brief thunderstorm followed a sunny and exceedingly hot day. Rain clouds quickly gathered arid heavy rain fell, accompanied by lightning. Within an hour the evening was again perfect.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 4260, 4 November 1933, Page 2
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91STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. Manawatu Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 4260, 4 November 1933, Page 2
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