ELECTRICAL STORMS AT AUCKLAND
(P.A.) Auckland. May 11. Sheet lightning flashed in the city and distant thunder rumbled when the edge of a large electrical storm struck Auckland with a torrential dowmpour shortly after 3 o’clock th'S morning. Citizens awakened by .he thunder first thought of gunfire. >ut the accompanying fury of the storm soon dispelled their fears. In some districts heavy showers of hail added to the din of the tempest. Further lightning, thunder, and heavy rain were experienced at 6 o’clock to-night. Several north circuits of the telegraph system wer • interruped at Wai kv. orth and Waipu.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 111, 14 May 1942, Page 3
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