IMMENSE DESTRUCTION OF EIGHT MEN KILLED BY LIGHTNING

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 384, 13 July 1889, Page 3

IMMENSE DESTRUCTION OF EIGHT MEN KILLED BY LIGHTNING

Full particulars of the disastrous storm at Hongkong are to hand by steamer from Sydney. The stormj .ib appears, commenced^ ]on ■May 29th, .heavy- rain \/f all wgs.', accompanied intermittently 'with thunder and lightning. The tiownpoqr \ I continuous until about . iiine£ !>! > o!olo'ak, * from which time until about noon ib gathered in intensity,, until at length some- of "the upper, roads had b.een converted into 'raging "torrents, which ; rushed along the steep - 'inclines, ' burst- ' ing 4«#ins_, --■^atf'-yisg* d&w.qut<jns-of sand-. -. { brickss,-^9^B,^^nne il&^&& e "WW °V. t ! the concrete of which the roajils.yate Jttjide'j y and flooding the lower levels' v witnwa\Jer'lri"' ' Bomerpfa*deB'<two",6r<ttirfceis}efc! dfeepV/Jrehile &i higli up on the -hillside a tremendous land- - slip destroyed a long strip of the, tramway and nearly filled the--T.yjb^Dt.^rTice reservoir with debris. .^Jeantkrtei:- during the 'height of the storm," 56e^Bb i peal#pr thunder •antl blindin^flashes i.of Jigiibrurijs; jn.cessant forSea^ly" twd "hottts'/tsreatan^ considerable, alavm amone jbhe' resident by. their Ar^dn^'Kn^M'i^liisiJeyt Nl'—.2' J Ji U^ j( Tirtf'sfeo^m>aM^6«'ttft6«aff v ivit^&Al6& of * 1 30J were in a^m&tshed near, ;.\p^rß.;scttae <,>>' hoiises are^'iw. * . c^,U9|;rupj / s tiojn, .mt^-jol^e mat^^ i ' T f ! >vya4-^ i stru^k "by; lightning > and eight" "of fhe men, •ihcludttag' th-e^gMj-corifcfactori^ere.ktlled.* ' Another man who w^s^n f^e: shed had a lucky escape*^ HS'^lxp^e/iipfeel'd/'a sliock at 'the time bh&^^t§n^ct."'W.4§. struck, whicb sttinned himj'-^utQie^sfip^Jy afterward* reoovered. ~On his^ arm were found two Jorge blist^s'f ;) ab6iSt i r4Jhe sfeq^o.f i a, .doiiSr, as : though from -a burn. A remarkable feature in rthe occurre'hce is,, that the lightning -sfeems tp lia\e stttibk'. rn'at 1 ,'i shed with, ihe.'leasfc possible?' .darriage",' the erection remaining nnhurt, with the ,exceptidh of a' small I'hole1 ' hole mi'thaj'e&tfneto! i • '*-• ; ' No-Buch storAi has.^veV«4tfeQnffe9Jperieri f eed 'in thehistpry of ibhe'coloay/;'* Ffdta fafaa. * to 10.-20 a.m.' the rainfall^ as registered at ■ the Obseivatory, was 5:2in.,.a«^ from 10."20 i a%m v tq 12<20p.in Vl 6;4iQ/,.0r t ra "all ld^n: . for five hours and 20 minute 3% wbile r lor^the las'ttwo hours' fo.r which' tKe "figure's -.are, give^n it was'oyer 3in. per hoiir. ' .' " ]'

The' Earl 6f l Fife, jvhb* ip-betJrothed.tVeh'e ' Princess 'Louise '6f Wales', is verywearehy,, iand has vast estates in 'Scotland.- * Mart Forest, which belongs to him, is famous as the best deer forest in Scotland," a]nd orf^t the heaviest stags are killed every year. " The Prince, .of /Wales- vei?y | often i goes ; ' to". Mart ' Forrest deejr-scaiking. "The, (forest ( f orest adjoins 'feo'a great extent Brae War, one of the estates • tjf'the Queen, and j the Earl- lives t only 12 miles from Balmoral Castle and 16 miles from the Prince of* Wales' residence in Scotland. In societjy E&>l Pifpis immensely "pqpular. Marr Lodge is always full of ■visitors. When in London the" Earl drives one of. the finest teams of JhorseSfj^The-JE^rl; of Kiiitpre, fche'pres'enb 1 " Governor o^South .Australia, was a great friend of the Earl of -Fife, both, n t qblemen A ?hpldipg. acr&s >'m $he same county in Scotland 1 . vßishop v Bishop Templareldte's that \vherf-he- 'whs orice worshipping, in an .-East 'End' 'church' where a t hearty musical (sepyicei is" .a distinguishing feature, hejoinejd.in-the singing to. the best of his ability,. He has a,sfc^n^or-•iah'.voice,,-,and the effect of., his effor ) is,,bn those sitting near him may be imagined., ►At the conclusion of the second Verse 6f tyie-' hymn, the patience % ofaf.worfeinj;"'m*an t 6h the immediate'leff seemed faitly exKausted."" Not recognising' the dignitary beside him, • the -poor'imaft^ in < sheer<cd'efipet < a'tidh < vv J 'gave '• the bishop a sharp dig in the ribp, and the latter, on turning for an explanation, was 'thus ad;drfes9ed subdiied, b.ufr. distinct tones : " I say, gub'ner, dry up ; you're spo;Ungthe'.wJhiole,show,?j, . v ,« ;. • ' » She ?*> W.m do you ißin^".oi> this" fa^ of . hfiyiijg.th>*KanU ptjo^Q^aphed Wsjie'i *•• *I ' "think"-a'".pYe'tt#'girl cShVli^ih'prh'an'd taken. ''isiiAisi g*oing^6 W-ph r f)to^atJl}tr'^ '.'V* " 1 *^refr.'Sfcttn|';l£^f* ! *! a WhaV aVe^ you 'd'pmg \\W>i ' t fifettßnttJ Yb'ung Bawyeri " I ■•ato^nfc'etest'ed iri !% » sWft^-Hiaf'm'ay make my fortune/'.' ''«4Vhdf -itf !«?*> ' cV^m' -^ryiflg /tQ*mftW'y ari«hgirl," , • l ,*v. • '