STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
IN TARANAKI STORM FARMHAND UNCONSCIOUS | Per Press Association. J NEW PLYMOUTH, Nov. 19. Lightning struck a cowshed at Onaero, between Waitara and Urenui, this morning, and a young farmhand amed Thompson was rendered temporarily unconscious. It was said by those in the shed that a blue flame seemed to run up Thompson’s side. He soon recovered from-the shock. Boisterous weather was experienced throughout north Taranaki, a high wind being accompanied by heavy showers. Lightning in the Onaero district exploded some electric light bulbs and radio valves and interfered with telephones. In a few cases the power was cut off for a short period. Heavy seas are running on the coast. At Moturoa a dinghy broke adrift from a moored launch and was smashed on the rocks. Elsewhere the damage was very slight. A few trees were uprooted and one window blown in at Okato.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 276, 20 November 1937, Page 7
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