STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
MOURNERS AT A FUNERAL
(Received December 3, 9 a.m.) JOHANNESBURG, Dec. 2. During the funeral at Germistom Cemetery of a man named MeCann, who was killed by an explosion at the Victoria Falls, transforming station, lightning struck half the mourners to tho ground, killing one and injuring sixteen, five severely.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 4 December 1912, Page 5
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53STRUCK BY LIGHTNING Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 4 December 1912, Page 5
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