TERRIBLE THUNDERSTORM.
A LONDON VISITATION.
MANY HOUSES STRUCK,
(Received Wednesday, 11.45 a.m.)
LONDON, Tuesday
The greatest thunderstorm' in living memory raged in London for seven hours from midnight. Over fifty lightning! flashes a minute were recorded. Nearly two and a half inches of rain fell. •
Scores of houses were struck. Mr. Justice Russell’s house at Walton was struck twice, and eventually burned down.
Three thousand telephone lines were put out of action, and many Continental trunk lines were Interrupted. The City Fire Brigade responded .to forty calls.
No loss of life is reported.—Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 49, Issue 14960, 11 July 1923, Page 5
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