EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE. A Hospital Patient Struck Dead by Lightning.
I Auckland, January 12. Imkobmation respecting an extraordinary occurence transpired at tho meeting of the Hospital Committee this afternoon. The members of that body were electrified by receiving a requisition from tho house steward for the provision of lightning rods 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 either the Committee, the press, or the public had received of] the occurrence the astonishment of tho Committee was quite natural. On turning up the report of theJHouse Surgeon it was found that the death of a patient named Spargo from concussion of the bruin was mentioned.
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Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 85, 17 January 1885, Page 3
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123EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE. A Hospital Patient Struck Dead by Lightning. Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 85, 17 January 1885, Page 3
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