HOUSE STRUCK BY LIGHTNINGS
Auckland, May 16. An electrical disturbance between midnight and one a.m. was I ell severly in Parnell, where damage was done to many chimneys. In one house all the electric light switches were shattered. In Laurel Avenue lightning struck the house of the late Air. T. C’heesman, took the top off the chimney, lifted the mantlepioee out of the place, and destroyed part of a valuable collection of China, and curios, which had been donated to the museum. The room looked as it it had been visited by a mail bull. A resident describe* ilie report as terriHe. No personal injuries were sustained.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2885, 19 May 1925, Page 2
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107HOUSE STRUCK BY LIGHTNINGS Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2885, 19 May 1925, Page 2
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