TORRENTIAL RAIN
FLOOD AT WAIPUKURAU CAR. STRUCK BY LIGHTNING (By Telegraph—Press Association) WAIPUKURAU, Bth April. A heavy ...iiinderstorni accompanied by vivid flashes of lightning followed by a torrential downpour, struck Waipukurau and district this afternoon. Ihe parched ground was unabla to absorb the phenomenal downpour, which registered 110 points in three-quarters of an hour. Storm water drains could nob cope with the water, which backed up and entered several shops, and inundating streets in the lower portion of the town. No serious damage was done and the countryside will benefit greatly. Lightning struck th 0 magneto of a Aapier-Palmerston North service car and the vehicle became helpless. It was towed into a Waipukurau garage a distance of nearly a mile.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 9 April 1930, Page 4
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120TORRENTIAL RAIN Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 9 April 1930, Page 4
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