STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
COUNTRY HOUSE
RADIO SET SPLIT IN TWO
(Special to -the " Evening Post"j
TE KUITI, This Day. Lightning struck the residence of My. H. Lamont, of Wairere, near Piopio, about 7 o'clock on Tuesday evening, shattering one wall and .destroying the window and sash of a bedroom occupied by an employee,.. Mr. Bert Dixon. ..-
A radio set jowned by Mr.JOixon was in half, one portion being trurled, 12 ieet scr<oss the room. All the wallpaper in the room was burned and clothes hanging near the radio were badly .scorched. The house, was filled with smoke from ijurning cables.
-All the -occupants, including Mr. and .Mrs. Lament's three children, were dazed by the lightning, but no serious injury was suffered. Mr. Dixon, iwho
usually siis. alongside his radio after
~. : f6a, was called by his employer into .'. e ]..-J&S *ittjiig-ilopm_ just before/jthe^ li^ht- ! ;;'■ -jiiiog ittxickj': thus.' ..escaping ■ possible i ~'" serious injury. " ,' . / '.' ■ y ;.\\',:~-Z
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 138, 8 December 1938, Page 11
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153STRUCK BY LIGHTNING Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 138, 8 December 1938, Page 11
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