STORM IN MELBOURNE
FORKED LIGHTNING FOUR TRAINS STRUCK. MELBOURNE, Jan. 16. Accompanied by deafening thunder and Spectacular forked lightning, a severe electrical storm passed over the city last night. Four trains were struck by lightning, and put out of action. (Douglas Ralph, aged 16, was struck while photographing the lightning at East Malvern. He was found in convulsions, but recovered*
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 14, 17 January 1936, Page 7
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