A thunderstorm'wMeh passed over the Ashburton County last week caused quite a sensation at Lagmhor. A farmer stated that his son was grubbing iti a paddock at the time, and was about to unyoke the horses when a flash of lightning struck the grubber, and something hit the ground about Jour chains away, causing soil and smoke to be thrown into the air to a height of about four feet. The noise was terrific, and caused the team to run away, resulting in a wheel of the grubber being smashed. The lad received a severe shock. The fanner's daughter, who was ironing in a room fronting Ihe storm, was thrown hack against the wall by the lightning striking Mie iron.
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Waikato Times, Volume 97, Issue 15183, 8 March 1923, Page 7
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