FREAKS of LIGHTNING. Wellington, Dec 17.
The Supermtendentrof th^ Cable" Company at La Perouse supplies the following with reference fco the thunderstorm yesterday : —"A rain and thunderstorm of exceptional violence occurred this morning immediately after closing. The lightningstruck the Government line at the fourbh pole from the station, shattering insulators. The lightning entered the office, fused the wire of the Government instrument, and passed through' a wooden partition, which ifrignited'and partly' shattered. Ib then entered one cable wire, which it completely fused. It''disdKarg«{d'through one cable house lightning guard, wtiiclTit fused iv its passage to the' earth. ' *No -harm was done, though splinters were sent to' the extreme corners of the instrument room. The fire was at once extinguished Jby water. The jweathev. is,still very stormy, , and ibhere is yery^eayy s rain, the, wind.y.ery shifty, :
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Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 327, 22 December 1888, Page 3
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134FREAKS of LIGHTNING. Wellington, Dec 17. Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 327, 22 December 1888, Page 3
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