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Show LIGHTNING HITS RADIO APPARATUS NEW YORK. Jul) 14. A fire said j lo be th- first ever recorded ns duel to an umrunii radio set, was started at the height of today's Mtorin wli :i a boll of lightning struck apparatus placed near a window in a Lower West Side apartment. The rubber j Insulation covering the aerial, from, the arrester to thij set. was complete-1 !y burned off. The fire in the apart-1 merit was extinguished with slight. d;i mage. Dr. Alfre.i X. Goldsmith, prof--- ir of electrical engineering ;.t City Col-lese, Col-lese, and director of ltd radio labo-j ratory, regarded the occurrence as almost a phenomenon" and express- ed the belief thta a heavy bolt of llKhtning penetrated the porcelain-! shelled arrester and struck the. inside aerial. Another explanation by cx- pe ta i that the ground wire which connected with a water pipe was not, properly adjusted. oo |