BOY KILLED BY LIGHTNING
TERRIFIC STORM AT NEWCASTLE. -STREETS LIKE WATERCOURSES. By Telegraph—PresS Assn. —Copyright. , Sydney, Nov.-22. • During a terrific storm at Newcastle Edward Jotson, aged 12, was'struck dead by lightning. Eye-witnesses relate that flames appeared to surround him. Burns .extended the full length of the right side of his body. . z . The storm lasted les£ than half an hour, but the rain was’so heavy that st reels resembled miniature water courses. A ferry steamer drifted on to a mud bank, but the passengers were rescued.
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Taranaki Daily News, 24 November 1930, Page 7
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