ELECTRICAL STORM
TRAMS HIT BY LIGHTNING SYDNEY, Jan. 11. In a violent electrical storm over the city yesterday four trams and a train were struck by lightning. The drivers of two of the trams were sent to hospital suffering from shock. Three of the trams were crowded with passengers, who escaped injury. Lightning fused electricity in main city buildings, affecting lights and lifts.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25431, 12 January 1944, Page 4
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63ELECTRICAL STORM Otago Daily Times, Issue 25431, 12 January 1944, Page 4
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