The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-16
MORE THAN THREE
INCHES OF rain
Sundays Storm Broke All
Records.
GREAT ELECTRICAL DISPLAY
A Number of Residences
Are Struck.
Property Damage will be Quite Heavy,
But Fortunately no One was Kjlled--
streams are Forced From Their
Banks.

Jupiter Pluvius gave some remark
able demonstrations Saturday might
and Sunday morning in Marion county
when he poured forth aqua pura In
regular cloud burst style. AS re-
suit the heaviest rainfall of the year
recorded and mother earth was quito
thoroughly soaked and the country
streams were swelled to overflowing.
According to the observation of Off
cal weather observer Dr. Il. II. Raft
ensperger, there was rainfall of BIZ
inches from IL o'clock Saturday night
until about 8 o'clock Sunday morn
ing. This was not only the heaviest
rainfall of the season but the heaviest
that has been recorded for five years.
To have a rainfall of more than three
inches In less than nine hours Is a
record for this county and 1t will prob
ably stand for many years.
Another feature of the storm was
the remarkable electric display. Not
in long time has storm passed over
the county wnen the air was so COM
pletely filled with electrically. In the
course of the downpour Saturday night
the lightning was almost continuous.
Not little damage resulted over the
county from effects of the lightning.
A number of barns were struck and
t,, pft 10,
aged.
The country lands were flooded
practically all day Sunday The stream
were unable to carry away the floods
and crops were considerably damaged
as a result The water began to re-
cede about o'clock Sunday after
noon and the country streams have re
sumed their natural courses by even
ing.
Lady / Sstunned.
During the severe storm OF Sun
day lightning struck the residence OF
JONI Heck, on farm near Marys-
ville and quste badly damaged 1T.
Mrs. Heck was sitting on the porch
during the early stages of the storm
and when the house was struck she
was quite severely stunned. Very
fortunately the house did not catch
fire. The damage was not great. In
the vicinity of the Heck residence
there was much damage done by the
storm, telephone poles for over two
miles being torn down. Telephone
service was entirely cut off for the
time.
BARNS STRUCK
Despite the violence of the electri-
cal storm. no farm barns in the county
we're burned as result of having
been struck by lightning. The clouds
seemed to hang high and for this
eason, few buildings were struck.
The lightning played havoc with the
timber was damaged.
A large barn owned by John ID.
isler kf near Prospect was struck
during the storm saturday night. A
part OF the roof was torn away and
the siding was damaged. The build
Ing did not catch fire, despite the
Tact that It was filled with hay and
grain.
A barn owned by Samuel Martin of
west OF the city was also struck Sat.
.urday night. Fortunately the build
ing was not ignited and only slight
damage was caused.
Two fine cattle be;onging to Frank
Lyons OF Caledonia were killed Sat-
urady night by a stroke of llghtn-
ng. The animals were standing under
"a tree which was scattered by the
bolt ~~svxm
The country telephone lines were
greatly impaired by the storm ana
the linemen had busy day Monday.