ELECTRICAL DISTURBANCE
CONSTERNATION AT THAMES.
(By Telegraph —Press Association.)
kkj T^HAMES,<-Last..-Night: - An- electrical storm of unusual vio-' . 4®ncftaoccnrred tßSis afternooa. lliind-' img flasihes of lightning were "fol'owcd ■by loud resembling salvos of -* torafents. One partidularly loud crash was followed' by what looked like a meteor, which .flashed £mm wes>t to east. A large tree was uprooted, and . fired. Intermittent flasjbjee- and iloud reports continued for: some itime, causing general con--eitfernatioaii. A report from the -lyick ■ ■ country states that for over \an;'3|sjr the--whole (fetricts were iiJumrhcd,! In one instance e'l,ectrjc?il apparittiis flaflsbed out .as though fused. ' The weather is now calm, bvit dull • «aul threatening.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10502, 14 December 1911, Page 5
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104ELECTRICAL DISTURBANCE Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10502, 14 December 1911, Page 5
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