ELECTRICAL STORM.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19731, 2 September 1927, Page 12

ELECTRICAL STORM.

j MANAWATU AREA VISITED. fS£\TR£ UGHIMNG AND RAIN. t | / , " ' | POWEM SERVICES DISLOCATED, I 'TSTT TIZESE^FE- — ?, ]• : iw' •Sri■&'.?* ZZS.&ii (2'-iiCC * i-t uiU%^ •; m-.«cs?*»4 S4»««diis at Falsenicit Xitctc. v 1 " ' ' '* ' ? . a 5 €"? # >' "VC'.<£ BE iWOISSt- Lf/JS'S- | | as&i rr»wrt6««Si®f steaadcer j®(* j S»vw«f j® «fcs§ wssfc* «£ fre;j &&&. Ibt ■j was SeCS as Uytvetsz** *£« s«?ars | ?.e.c esrrosm. aStv-fft-iy »ft« o"escri'i cars.? J sEp> ss* ihut eaa&tese *3ej surxi fcfe:;i®3 •:■ | iiE. feos { fsaeta&g sss isasrassss feegs.w««ai 4 v.72- %sxi | 4 ?-aa. Lfsttsjsg casiraecrtsrf' » pi** is | the ii sadL «•«*?- I ™'2 WSftj »?« *(v~S. t? XS-lrjrAni «S : *ars-?sif»ar2sg sqgfes. I Ail *aan«S»* of fegfeacaag »'*rs wrs- | aet4«4, srrst-n to ?fog fcills as Fisa- | t&e saost ttmk&sfS <twr I wrxsmameii feere. FUm fd&nrtd gatft, 3 acsDstsEiei iar?By a asisal« «&c«estf t« | twees escfe- Cfe»m> * nmty | »«as « .lb» ®»#t ©f J»e» Zstt&ustf, | i» Ifai to»» slag lions ooaitf»jt* p»w«w I ~ftASeq!ss&<s S«D ; dissJ witfe gxtas vafesae |of -»nsS«. Fts&ttajailj etneryvbeft tfe# | fearoegfe was-er wese rasmag 10 | Fkusdiag &l i&3iw*?i &rA rosrfis I c<;c2r7SG r.a sjlacsa. Ir, %/swzs I it&M.tsa dasjnag* semst to &«▼« fes«o «Ssce | to swciSS«t* fey tfee Th;& ttSe- | plsrasst sarrsee, h&vtrst?., *a <fais<»s*d 10 I a eseaeaSefaMie eztesst, aatoy tofeaatbess f fcs&tg tfeai {fcar t«kclssc« bad beets f pas est cf cconsjjs:«»- dss te- c-TtT-Sais- | i&g si tfc« gsaflit. This t&sro* [ itsg tfc« esgsssecisg «?ag of t&e pott eSse I *»| ireritof st fell st«K»r* to rececr I ids tsaeMe. | <U tee feesgM of tb« sscrrs a sSgitt da- | &Kata» cceanred as ilsa sefegrapli cifcastt, | terS tfee jßccsrsoistKe did cos JajS fescjt | Use majcr «btcsaf« <Ss®« fey t&e rfittarb- | ajsae. was fe :fci Ism cf tr.« S!bcaarfe«ffiaal Ocsn Power Ecmjrf. As Em tree tie i engmated *t Wfcaicarctsg*, wfiert tfe« I ligfelaasg aosmt two "Hotel teit" vith I tfee rssalt tfeat t&# • sir fercttSc aoJatssg | rsnteb was jmt oas of wsssmmo *svi as I «| awstdb jst tfee T* Mats? tnh-s&ttion I ws« sossplgtely wrecked.

\ The Power Beard* i ttag tßeo deeded I to g??< Wfea&sronga a sspaiy cf ecrrsat | frost Loogfeisrts/ feat before t&s was | switched 60 the lightning sirsci the hnea I at Fitzherhm and melted the wim oa I the pmctMa -po!e, thos fnssS.?a.t:Eg their | efforts. Mmar damage also occarnd at | Bsnsythozpe, Kopase, !U:aa|a, Awa- | pom, Fitaherben and * Linton. The !ast | of the damage tc the lices had fceea re- ! paired fet sre e'doejs to nsonaez. | ®" I Id spite of the delsge of ram ts Maaa- | wata, practically no rata fell at Manga*- | has, which ~as getting short of water. I To-day foesa of the steam plants were | called co to assist Mangahao, I Earn fell iafeoniifctaotiy tbtoopeot the I ssgM arid ; ngim tba osraof, hat there f wer<& bo signs of a recormse# of the efecI tries! dislcrbaace. For the 24 boen ended | as mae o'clock this seeming, L4fen. of } rata were recorded. - The Maaawata B;tw | rose ecnssderafoJy, bat was falling this | afternoon. The weather has cow cleared i ap oMffi&aUj.