TERRIFIC LIGHTNING FLASH. NEW PLYMOUTH, July 15. The experience of having the horse he was riding struck dead by lightning, while about 100 yards away a calf fell dead, is reported by Mr S. Guthrie, of Elthani. Air Guthrie was sitting on his horse in the shelter of some trees, a few yards from an electric power pole, when there was a terrific flash. lie felt his horse, while he himself was dazzled. In a. nearby residence the fuses of the telephone lightning arrester were blown to atoms and the meter was blown out for some distance. Further along tlie road the lightning travelled down one of the electric power poles, blasted a hole in the ground, and passed to a wire fence. The hole was a foot deep. Clods of grass and earth were thrown 50ft across the road. . The electric line was parti-i ally wrecked for about GO chains,
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Hokitika Guardian, 18 July 1928, Page 2
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