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03-May-2015
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A plaque commemorates schoolboy Geoffrey Ridgway who was killed at the school when he was struck by lighting in January 1936.
BOY KILLED.
Struck by Lightning.
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.
A few hours after the Lang Lang State school was reopened this morning, Geoffrey Ridgway, 8, was killed by lightning In the school grounds. He was playing with other pupils at the rear of the school building when a flash of lightning, which was accompanied by a terrific burst of thunder, struck a tree near the boys. Passing from the tree the lightning struck Ridgway, and he collapsed. Death, apparently, was Instantaneous.
Sydney Morning Herald (NSW ), 29 January 1936.
Location
| Address: | 52 Westernport Road, Lang Lang Primary School, Lang Lang, 3984 |
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| State: | VIC |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -38.263215 Long: 145.569613 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Plaque |
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| Monument Theme: | People |
| Sub-Theme: | Tragedy |
| Actual Event Start Date: | 28-January-1936 |
| Actual Event End Date: | 28-January-1936 |
Dedication
Front Inscription
Source: MA,VMRIn Memory Of
GEOFFREY RIDGEWAY
Age 9 years
Accidentally
Killed At This School
28th January 1936
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