ELECTRIC STORM
(Press. Assn.-
power and phone services dislocated in taranaki
-By TeleKtiph — Copyrlght).
HAWERA, Mopday. An electrical storm, which byojce over the district in the early hours of the morning, was particularly severe at Mokoia, where numerous telephone and electric light services were dislocated. According to resident?, the peals of thunder sounded like explosions in the houses and at the flashes of lightning, lit up the whole country. Mr and Mrs Percy had an alarming experience. The telephone lines leading from the road to tjieir residence, with the wireless aerial passing over the roof, were apparently struck by the lightning, which entirely fused the aerial, no trace of which could be found. The charge apparently ran down the guy wire to the earth, a large hole in the groiipd showing the point of contact. A telephone fuse box by the house was shattered, fragments being hurled several feet down the passage way, while the flashes illuminated the interior of the house.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 261, 28 June 1932, Page 5
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162ELECTRIC STORM Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 261, 28 June 1932, Page 5
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