GALE IN ENGLAND
MUCH DAMAGE REPORTED TWO KILLED BY LIGHTNING (British Official Wireless.) Rev. 10 p.m. RUGBY, Nov. 3. Southern England and a large part of the Midlands were swept yesterday morning by a violent thunderstorm. it lasted only about half an hour, but during its brief passage several people were struck by lightning, two men being killed. Torrential rain fell, buildings and motor cars were blown over, and shop windows smashed. . The storm was most seriously lelt in the Channel, where it 70-mile an hour gale raged during the early part of The day. Two of the mail boats on the Folkestone- Boulogne run were slightly damaged, and four passengers were injured. Other shipping had a severe hutthtiiw, and but for gallant work by motor lifeboats lives would have been lost on small vessels which were in difficulties.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17408, 5 November 1930, Page 7
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