Struck Dead by Lightning.
AN EXTRAORDINARY REVELA-, .' : . TION;-: . \
(united press association.) I y Auckland, Jan. 12.: -. Information respecting an ojttraoi'tlin-/ ary occurrence transpired at-a meeting' of the Hospital Committee. The members of that body were electrified by receiving a requisition from the house steward for provision of lightning rojds for the hospital, the reason for the request being that a patient had been' struck dead by lightning last Sunday fortnight. As this ■ was the first, intimation the committee, the. Press, ;or the' public had received-of the occurrence tho astonishment of the committee was' considerable. On turning up the report' of the house surgeon it was found that thq death of the patient (named Spago) was recorded as being the result of concussion : of the brain. ■ ,;■: ' ;
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 37, 14 January 1885, Page 2
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125Struck Dead by Lightning. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 37, 14 January 1885, Page 2
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