DEATH BY LIGHTNING.
CAPETOWN, Nov. 17. An East London message states that a single flash of lightning killed 66 natives who were drinking beer m a large hut at Clarkebury. Nine were seriously injured, and the majority are not expected to recover. Fifty-six were killed outright, the bodies being terribly burned. The hut was soon a blazing inferno. Of the 19 others who managed to get out, 10 died. All; were crowded in the hut when the storm burst over the place.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 303, 20 November 1934, Page 8
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