Struck by Lightning.
(BY TELEGRAPH.) (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Wellington, April 19. Intelligence was received this after- - noon from Tenui that the telegraph office m that township was struck by lightning at about 8 o'clock on Satnrday night, and set fire to. The operator was fortunately on the premises at the time and succeeded m extinguishing the flames before much damage >as done. All the wires m the office were broken I by the lightning, and no fewer than eleven poles on Black Hill were shattered by the electric discharge. j ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■a
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 113, 20 April 1883, Page 2
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91Struck by Lightning. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 113, 20 April 1883, Page 2
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