TERRIFIC THUNDERSTORM.
GREATEST IN MEMORY.
LIGHTNING STRIKES HOUSES
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(Received July 11, noon.) LONDON, July 10.
The greatest thunderstorm in living memory raged in London for seven hours from midnight. Over 50 lightning flashes a minute were recorded. Nearly two and a-half inches of rain fell.
Scores of houses were struck by lightning. Mr. Justico Russell's house at Walton was. struck twice and burned down.
Three thousand telephone lines were put out of action, and many Continental trunk lines interrupted Tho city firo brigade responded to 50 calls. No loss of life is reported. ,
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 16175, 11 July 1923, Page 3
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104TERRIFIC THUNDERSTORM. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 16175, 11 July 1923, Page 3
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