SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ENGLAND’S EXPERIENCE. LIGHTNING KILLS A CHILD. [ British Official Wireless. ] RUGBY, Sept. 3. Severe thunderstorms were experienced in many parts of England yes lerday, and one child was killed by lightning and two others were injured. An exceptionally severe storm struck the south-east coast last night and passed northwards. Margate, Broadstairs, and Birchington were for almost half an hour deprived of light owing, it is believed, to electric light cables having been .struck by lightning.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 208, 5 September 1935, Page 7
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76SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 208, 5 September 1935, Page 7
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