Lightning Sets Fire To Maori Houses
• ». • ^ .. 1 W- ' - ■'%■■■ :\ :: •RAWERA-, April "21. ' "Roytr. lipfes : in* th'e yi&i'nity " of Ihe Ta^hjta-shb^iation^ hor.eVthe, • bruht . ot; a: tLftf.ce fe,lecVrical distUrbance .'ejperi'eac'ed thrbughout; So,ut-h ;Thranaki on i^ondayinight. and eakaedf ah outbreak of fhfe wjiigh deatroye'd." two carved Mapfi^me^tihg hduaes' fofnung paft oi a;;gtbnp pf &uildihgs ;kh.QWn aa Ngatiki JPa.. \ The blazfe' - of the ^iifst 'hoiiae "tp
catRh- a}ighf ;,waa seen by' Rawera resi dents twd nillea^ 'aWay apd ■m'a'iiy peoi)lt. inelijidipg . ..ne.hrby . Tawhiti '. :residents/. gii#h:ef6d pn fthe marae; Shoi'tly aftei sAlva'ge. e^o'rte 'wej-ft f'pnn.d- to ^be im. ppasilile . fthd; hparka -ighited. the second hbhae-Which y?aa:, aiso ' deatjoyed. » V ;flghtnih'g;: abpeat;ed td- rnn alo'ng tlfe ppwer linea:and fehce Wi#e% 'to tlie ac-4 cPmpanLnieht \pf .'eerje: - erackling ;an«} .'Ctasheav:. \On%;^esidefft:,4ili8Cbftn.ected !.his .fadio. ffora' thfe •• aVriaiyhnd. eafth te'rrhihals, "ahcf a- fbw. nlpinenta later saw aVptk$."flyiiigruiv ^a Itfeam from oue tefrajnaf to Vhefbfeher. i. . A,'re3xdeiR,;pekar thft aettjeinent stated that rSLii alo'ng tlie wires to one • hohse. . w.oddwork .■at ;the ' back bi 'ih'e-meterj fSipatd. -i'caught and soon f h e.. yrhole ; :h.di 1 dih g: waa. ahlaze fro.ni .lad •'to end'.' vThe ohly occupants, Mr, ^Lpd Mrs. J4:; WiM'and-an a.dppted ehild, Jt^d '^one hatliep;to ■pbhdg.-iaVlahd # ■ of ^a.^fcrh btiga'de >y'al ^calJea ; but, in tht V- :'}i" yWaterf «pppiy. , if waa ^eehifd flptiie; fp .sehd -S ^_fii &e;liii£ c, ; . ti. "iV. V V '. "4 rvr.+#z^&. • ... ^
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Chronicle (Levin), 22 April 1948, Page 6
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