STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
A TERRIBLE STORM.
SEVEN DEATHS RECORDED
[UNITED PEESS ASSOCIATION —COPTEIGHT. (Received June 1, 9.5 p.m.) LONDON, June 1. A spell of tropical heat culminated in a series of thunderstorms in. the Home counties. The streets in many places were flooded. At Epso-m the crowd returning from trie races were in ai sorry plight . The lightning killed two policemen, as well as three other racegoers. Altogether seven deaths are reported already, and many have been- severely injured by the lglitning. Two city churches were struck, andtlie undergroimd railway was flooded, the system becoming short-circuited owing,to the water
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3234, 2 June 1911, Page 6
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99STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3234, 2 June 1911, Page 6
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