STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
SECOND EDITION
OAMA6E TO POWER BOARDS STATION.
FIRE BREAKS OUT. Electric Telegraph—Press Association MASTERTON, December 29. Extensive damage was done at the Wairarapa. Electric Power Board’s station at Kouiarau on Monday morning by fire following an explosion when an underground cable was struck by lightning. The insulation was damaged and a short-circuit- occurred which set fire to all the underground cables. When a full load was put on the short circuit travelled back to the control panels, fusing the controls and setting fire to the instruments, transformers and switchboard controls. On hearing the explosion the engineer in charge rushed into the station, which he found to be a mass of flames. He was hampered by dense black sulphurous smoke from burning copper and bitumen. Until this cleared, in about five to ten minutes. it was almost impossible to do anything. The engineer, with the aid of extinguishers, eventually mastered the flames, but not before considerable damage 'had been done. Repairs have now been effected.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12536, 30 December 1933, Page 5
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167STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12536, 30 December 1933, Page 5
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