MONUMENT WRECKED
LIGHTNING SHATTERS OBELISK A granite obelisk 50ft. high, in the grounds of Tapeley estate, Devonshire, which is occupied by Lady Bosamond Christie, was struck by lightning on June .12 and demolished. Great blocks of granite were hurled a hundred feet by the concussion, and iron railings were twisted into fantastic shapes. The memorial was to Archibald Cleveland, one of the three officers to survive the charge of Balaclava. He died at. Inkerman. The Cleveland and Christie families a’p. linked by marri
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 177, 29 July 1932, Page 8
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83MONUMENT WRECKED Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 177, 29 July 1932, Page 8
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