CAT AND THUNDERBOLT.

Shannon News, 6 April 1923, Page 4

CAT AND THUNDERBOLT.

ANIMAL BLOWN TO PIECES. HOUSE COMPLETELY WRECKED. A csit has proverbially nine lives, but thpy were no use to a cat belonging to Mr P. Moseley, which was literally blown to pieces when a thunderbolt wrecked the house. Its owner escaped with his one life, wrote the Windsor correspondent of a Sydney paper recently. Mr Moseley’s house, a strong struc- '■ ture, was at Maroota, near Windsor. He and the cat. were at home, when a particularly heavy storm passed over the district. Exactly what happened is not known, for Mr Moseley, who is now a patieni of the Windsor District Hospital, has no clear recollection of events. It is believed that a thunderbolt passed down the chimney, and then burst in the confined space within, blowing the roof and walls off the building to a space of 50 yards. The occupant was found lying outside in a semi-conscious condition, and with 4 nasty cut on his head. He states that he has a hazy recollection of having been blown out of the building-. The remains of the cat were found. It had been literally blown to pieces. Returned men state that they have never seen a 5.9 or a 9.2 so completely wreck a building. Mr Moseley has -suffered a considerable loss, but he is lucky *to be alive.