LIGHTNING STRIKES TREES.
.;PALMERSTON;* VISITATION """ ■.'•:-- [BY tn-XEGRAPH. —PRESS association.] .■:■...,•■■.', Palmzeston North, Wednesday. A i terriffic thunderclap- startled the residents about seven, o'clock this morning. \ It was \ discovered 1 later ); that lightning had. struck two big trees in Bangitikei - Street, and splintered them to matchwood; a. The lightning also bored a big hole in the '■'.■■' ."■•: earth,: ripped up the , footpath, and . burst '< the kerbing. No one was hurt. • •' 7-; . : There was a severe hailstorm'during the night. -
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New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15308, 22 May 1913, Page 7
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75LIGHTNING STRIKES TREES. New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15308, 22 May 1913, Page 7
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