VIOLENT STORM.
Glasgow Battered in Night. ROOFS TORN OFF. Twenty Houses Struck by Lightning. United Press Assn. —By Telegraph— Copyright. (Received June 25, 11.35 a.m.) LONDON, June 24 Twenty houses were struck by lightning during a violent early morning storm at Glasgow. Roofs were tom off, houses were set on fire and stormwater, sometimes four feet deep, drove residents from their homes. A burst water main and the failure of the electric light increased the confusion. Fifteen residents of one tenement barely reached the street when the roof fell in, penetrating three floors.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20649, 25 June 1935, Page 1
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