ELECTRICAL STORM
SPECTACLE FOR RANGITATA PASSENGERS TREMENDOUS DOWNPOUR OF RAIN (By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, This Day. Last night’s electrical Storm provided a thrilling scene for passengers by the Rangitata, which arrived from England this morning. One woman passenger said the continuous play of light on the water, against the background of a black cloud, was an eerie and fascinating picture. She had seen nothing like it outside India. “How it rained,” said an officer. “I hear an inch fell in Auckland in 10 minutes. I got an inch and a half down the back of my neck in five minutes.” The voyage otherwise was uneventful.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 July 1938, Page 6
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105ELECTRICAL STORM Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 July 1938, Page 6
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