MINOR DAMAGE

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 138, 8 December 1938, Page 11

MINOR DAMAGE

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POWER LINE MTEUmPTED

i(By lei^jjra-pih J-'aesp Afisocjati®n,)

BI.ENHEIM, TMs Day,

The rmtast prolonged electrical .storm experienced in Marlborcrug-h for tnasiry' yeaicß toeeiiEred iietwsen 2 a^m-and 6 .aan.j an sloaost mpessantfumble, .of: thunder "being punctuated Toy several1 particaaiarly iaeavy deioaations foUowipg btijaSmg iß«sh€S ©f lightning. Only xoanor damage appear ; B -to Jrave xc-, suited, all of At due to an electrical discharge about 6 -o'doek. ft caused .Qae jpowigr to $xv& flown • through "the shatteriiag .of an insulator on a high tension line. -In one foouae im the vicinity a. radio .set was ignited and in another the switbhboard was set sQJgbi.- The dwellings w«re -unharmed. A .-gatepost was .and the grwmd surrounding -it denttded ©i -turf. Xiueikily ihe lightning struck whene a minimum of damage was liable *o occur, $ox in the same locality rtwo willow trees were.split and set on fire while not far away an oat sfcook was seen to t>e ablaze in the midst of a downpour of rain. Numerous telephones were put out of action at Springlands. The storm was accompanied by one of the heaviest rains for months, approximately an inch and a half being recorded in the four hours.