STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
BALiRANALD (Victoria), Jan. 30. During a severe thunder storm this morning lightning struck the men's yard of the Balranah! District Hospital and set ijt on fire. The roof was severely damaged, and the ward and duty looin flooded. Fortunately, only a few patients wei'o in the wars at the time. The fire brigade soon had the flames under control. Willing helpers got the Pleats and equipment to safety.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17178, 7 February 1930, Page 2
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