NELSON.
This day.
A six-roomed house near the Railway Station, owned and occupied by Mr Augustus, second mate of the steamer Kennedy, was burned down on Sunday afternoon. Mrs Corbett (Mr Augustus' mother»in«law) was in the building, confined to her bed, and was eared with difficulty, The insurances are—National, £100; and £150 on the house and furniture in the Norwich Union. Nothing was saved, as, owing to a strong wind, the fire spread rapidly.
The Collingwood correspondent of the Colonist reports a violent. thunder storm in that district early on the morning of the 9th. While Mr G. Hislop was at breakfast, his house was struck by lightning, which split the corner from top to bottom, tearing away the weatherboards and lining, passing -along the ground plates and ground for 40 feet and then exploding and throwing up the earth. Mr Hislop'was thrown to the ground, and his wife and two clitydren, who were in a cowshed close by, were also thrown down, but none of them were seriously injured.
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Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4686, 14 January 1884, Page 2
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170NELSON. Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4686, 14 January 1884, Page 2
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