ELECTRICAL STORM.
damage by lightning. WIRELESS PLANT SUFFERS. A STARTLING EXPERIENCE. [TiT TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] GISBORKE, Thursday. During an electrical storm this afternoon lightning came too close for comfort to the house of Mr. W. S. McKe'e, in Clifford Street, A flash completely dismantled the radio and caused the occupants of the house much alarm. The flash was accompanied by a loud explosion and Mr. and Mrs. McKee, watching the rain from a sleeping porch, saw the top of the wireless mast wrecked, sparks being showered upon the house and lawn in great numbers. The wires of the aerial were burned and twisted, one length being completely consumed by the heat and others showing obvious signs of the flash.. The side of the house where the lead frcm the aerial enters the dwelling also suffered slightly. The guy wires were nipped off by the explosion and the paint of a pergola to which one of the stays was secured was charred. The flash also affected the rooking circuits in the houses of Mr. McKee and hi? neighbours, the circuits being out of action when tested shortly afterward.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 21029, 13 November 1931, Page 8
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187ELECTRICAL STORM. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 21029, 13 November 1931, Page 8
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