Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-08-18
Stable Burssd and House Damaged
OTHER PLACES STRUCK IN FIKRcEsT
SHOWER OF YEARS.

Not In Q decade has there been 20 fierce
an electrical storm Ut South Paris ~ was
that which struck Us about O'Clock last
Tuesday afternoon. There was down
pour Of rain, which refreshed the thirsty
ground, and the lightning WAS fierce,
striking in several places in the village
as well a. elsewhere.
Fire resulted In only one place, the
buildings on High Street, near the
upper end of the village, owned by Ros-
coe Bennett and occupied by j. Frank
Lowering. Here the stable was set on
FIRE. Mr.. Lowering was away for the day,
and Mrs. Lowering and the children were
in the house. Mrs. Lowering sent the
children to notify the neighbors, and by
prompt arrivals the house, which was
connected with the stable, was cleared
Of about all it's furniture.
An alarm was also given as soon as
practicable, by the whistle of the Paris
Manufacturing Co., and the firemen, who
had been on the alert, were at the place
as quickly as possible, though 1t il some
distance from any Of the apparatus. Two
streams were put on, 1t being necessary
to lay lines of hose of about 400 feet each
from the upper hydrant on the street.
With these the fire was quickly under
control. The stable and shed were prac-
tically total loss, and the fire had run
into the roof of the house, 80 that the
house was considerably damaged by
water and by cutting to get at the fire,
and somewhat burned.
There was an insurance of $1,000 on the
buildings in the agency of w. j. Wheeler
& Co. Damage is perhaps 5000.
No extensive damage was done in any
other place. At the Millett tenement
house on High Street, chimney in the
end occupied by the family of Claude
Cushman was struck. None of the fam.
lily were at home at the time. The chin
ney cap was knocked to pieces, all the
funnel caps blown out, and the wood
work slightly damaged. A tree was
struck near the house of L. NJ. Tufts,
and one near the house Of John E. Ever
EFT, the next place on the street. These
three places are within distance of fifty
rods, and less than quarter Of a mile
from the Bennett buildings.
In Market Square the lightning ran in
on the wires at the store of w. A. Porter,
putting one OF the lights out of commits
sion, and blackening the ceiling around
it for some distance. The same thing
was also done in the kitchen of Walter
L. Gray's house on Maple Street.
The pine tree in the yard in front OF
the Pleasant Street school house was
struck and badly shattered. The light
ming also struck back Of the house OF
Benjamin SWEET on Western Avenue.
Numerous telephones were knocked
out, lighting circuits were interfered
with, and it was rather stolid individual
who was not under some nervous tension
for half hour or SO.
The barn of W. F. Foster in the Biscoe
District was struck and somewhat dam
aged, but no fire was set. In the Par
fridge District an elm tree in front Of the
house of w. E. Parlin was struck by a
heavy bolt. and half dozen telephone
poles in that vicinity were shattered.
An elm tree near the Harrison Farrar
house also took heavy bolt.
A party of South Paris men who were
fishing on Black Brook in Andover that
afternoon got into the midst of play Of
lightning much like what we had here,
but betw cen here and there was belt in
which there was no shower Of conse-
nuence