About four o'clock last Thursday afternoon (says the Gore .Standard), during a thunderstorm, one of the men's huts at Beaumont station was struck by lightning. A portion of the weatherboard-, and lining between two studs was .smashed to atomsAcross the room was suspended a wire on which hung some clothes, which were completely burned through at the point of suspension. Fortunately, the men were out mustering at the time, of the occurrence,.,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13399, 30 January 1907, Page 7
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