HEAVY THUNDERSTORM. [BY TELEGRAPH. -PRESS ASSOCIATION.]
Chhistchi ncn, Tuesday. Thk telegraph pole .it the Waunakanri Rivor bed, at Bealey junction, was struck by lighting at twenty minutes to eleven yesterday morning. Tho lightning fused the wire leading into tho office, and set the of the office on fire in sexei.il placehi»s been incessant thunder, lightning, and rain Hince Sunday evening, and the riven are in heavy flood. WhsrFoiiT, T«psday.
B«d we»th>!r, with heavy thunder and lightning, was experienced here yesterday. The lightning stiuck the wire rope and rails on the Koranui coal incline and ran into the mine. Several hands and a pony were knocked down by thr ie\enty of the shock. No injury to life or limb resulted, but work on both the Koranui and Wostport inclines wai temporarily discontinued.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2053, 3 September 1885, Page 3
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131HEAVY THUNDERSTORM. [BY TELEGRAPH. -PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2053, 3 September 1885, Page 3
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