ELECTRICAL STORM
AUCKLAND VISITATION (P.A.) AUCKLAND, May 11. Sheet lightning flashed in the city and distant thunder rumbled when the edge of a large electrical storm, accompanied by a torrential downpour, struck Auckland shortly after 3 o’clock this morning. Citizens awakened by the thunder first thought of gunfire, but the accompanying fury of the storm soon dispelled their fears. In some districts heavy showers of hail added to the din of the tempest. Further lightning, thunder, and heavy rain were experienced at 6 o’clock to-night. Several of the northern circuits of the telegraph system were interrupted at Warkworth and Waipu.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24913, 12 May 1942, Page 2
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100ELECTRICAL STORM Otago Daily Times, Issue 24913, 12 May 1942, Page 2
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