VICTIMS OF LIGHTNING
TWO MEN AT PARRAMATTA SYDNEY, Jan. 11. The men killed by t.hc lightning were Zola Sohler, thirty-sis, and Y illmm Nolan, twenty-seven. The former’s clothes wore burning fiercely when his workmates arrived, while'Nolan’s clothes were ripped the full length of his body. Several other men were affected by the eomm-> on , which followed the lightning. — A Sydney message published .on : Saturdav stated that a severe electrical storm struck suburban districts to the west of Sydney late on Friday afternoon. At Liverpool a fireball sudd'm.' washed into a group of buddings, passed along a footpath, flinging a bicycle fully 4d feet, struck building, anii fm all Y splinter?., a Dee. An eve-witness described the tiiei.all as a 'dazzling sight. Everything with which it came into contact was severely damagwl. Two persons were Struck bv lightning at Parramatta and
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 10, 13 January 1936, Page 7
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