The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-17

the fire whistle calling out the depart
ment in the terrible downpour.
No one was injured by the lightning
bolt though Mrs Johnson was taken i'll
later in the afternoon from the ner.
vous shock incident to the combination
OF lightning, fire and flood.
The blaze was e1tinguished by the
first tremen to arrive under the di.
rection OF Chief Krantz without turn.
ing on the city water. The damage
to the house by the lightning and fire
was not heavy.
The lightning struck the chimney
of the house.
Ran to Methodist Church.
A misunderstanding In the flre
alarm turned in when lightning struck
the Johnson home resulted in the
firenen rushing to the Methodist
church which was reported on fire.
A hose cart and the hook and ladder
wagon were taken to the church in
the drenching rain. Then the depart.
ment had to retrace its steps back.
Ninth street.
Lightning Struck Pacific Hotel.
Lightning struck the Pacific hotel.
Mrs. w. S. Slaughter of Herrick, S.
d., and her little daughter were dazed.
They were in room II taking a nap,
Mr.. Slaughter being in the office.
Mrs. Slaughter was picked up off the
nnnr uyh nrn chn had HrnnnaH frnr, ~ ,
iron bed, in a half dazed condition five
minutes later, attention having been
attracted to- the room by cries of the
child. T.. l.. Russell, commercial
traveller from st. Paul, was knocked
from a chair in the Office to the floor
by the bolt. He says he has been in
every big storm in Nebraska this
spring, including that at Lincoln a
week ago. There were about seventy
people in the hotel and all came flying
into the office.
Lightning Broke Windows.
The vibration from a particularly
severe bolt OF lightning broke out
windows in G. r. Sellers real estate
Office and Smith Brothers office in the
Bishop block.
Trees Struck.
Trees were struck by lightning in
different parts of the city A tree near
p. F. Bells home on Koenigstein av-
enue was struck.
Cow Electrocuted.
Stepping on a live wire on South
First street a COW belonging to George
Madsen was instantly electrocuted.
The COW was one of a herd being
street near the city power house a
heavy tree had been broken down and
in falling had taken an electric light
wire to the ground. Fortunately it was
a COW which first CHANGED to step
upon the wire. The animal was taken
to the ground in an instant, as dead
as if struck by lightning.
The COW was electrocuted shortly
before O'Clock. Following the storm
children had been playing about the
fallen tree but none came in contact
with the live wire.
Hot Water Around Lumber Yard.
Water at the Mittestadt lumber
yard got hot when the sixty barrels of
lime were tossed out into the stream.
The sizzling lime heated up the water
to very perceptible degree. The six.
ty barrels of lime were worth $50.
A four-foot pile of lumber was moved
several feet and huge umbers were
swept up against a fence.
MitteIstadt's Loss $4,000.
l.. c. Mittelstadt estimates the loss
in his lumber yard conservatively at
$4,000.
Many Fields Under Water.
Many fields along the Elkhorn are
inundated. The water stretches out
from the bank for half mile.
Never EquaIIed Before.
The nearest approach to this rain
was in September, 1902, when 3.75
inches fell one day. No rain OF this
size has ever fallen in Norfolk within
the memory of the oldest inhabitant.
Water at Insane Hospital.
the boiler rooms at the Norfolk insane
hospital and quenched the fires. I'm
mediately men went to work pumping
out the water.
Trains Leave Norfolk.
After noon Sunday no trains arrived
or departed from Norfolk depots until
Monday morning. The first passenger
train in was Northwestern train No.
5, due Sunday evening, which arrived
at a. m. 1t left at 555 for the west.
No. 2 left for the east a short time
afterwards. The most serious track
damage was between Norfolk and
Stanton, the damage between Norfolk
and Meadow Grove not being serious.
The weak track between Norfolk and
Hadar was In condition Monday morn
ing to permit the Bonesteel train to
leave early. 1t was after 10 o'clock
when the NJ. & o. passenger left for
Sioux City. nearly twently-four hours