POWER SERVICE DISRUPTED
(P.A.) HAWERA, Aug. 10. Through a tree being struck by lightning and falling across the power lines, considerable damage was done to radio sets and household electrical equipment in a section of Hawera borough yesterday afternoon. The disruption caused a doubling up of the voltage. Transformers were blown or burnt out in a number of radio sets, while kettles, jugs and immersion heaters were also burnt out. A fairly wide area was affected, but the normal service was soon restored.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26228, 12 August 1946, Page 6
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