The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-06-16

fered by the Growing Crops-Fence.
Are Laid Low.
Columbia was visited, by two severe
rain storms Sunday. The storm thai
came at noon was accompanied by q
little hail here in town, but West OF
the city heavy hail fell. The rain
came down in torrents and continued
for an, hour or more.
Sunday night the heaviest rain that
has fallen in many years visited the
city, accompanied by high wind and
a vivid display of lightning. The home
OF Joe Hagey in West End was struck
by lightning and burned down. Mr.,
Hagey had about completed the re.
modelling Of his home and would
soon have moved in. This occurred
about twelve o'clock. IT is under
stood that he carried some insurance.
The storm struck Columbia between
eight and nine o'clock and lasted for
several hours. Lightning struck a
telephone wire at the home of Charley
Mason in East Columbia and tore off
several strips Of weather boarding as
the bolt descended to earth.
Lightning hit the home of j. G..
Ellington, in Mayes Place Saturday
night and bursted the chimney. The
bolt struck the chimney and descend
ed down 1t, No other damage was
done the house Mr.. Ellington's fam
lily was very much frightened.
Sunday at noon terrific wind storm,
rain and hail visited Goodwin and that
section of the county, doing terrific
damage to fences, crops, trees and to
several buildings.
The rear part of the store of Tim
mons and Wisener was unroofed and
the stock deluged with rain, doing
damage.
George Kings house was unroofed
and also portion of the J. B. Shaw
house was unroofed The old cotton
gin on the farm of Polk Goodwin, was
blown to the ground. A limb was
blown across COW belonging to J. A,
Timmons, but the cow was rescued. |
Shade trees and forest trees suf- /
'ered terrifically. So far no damage
% human life has been reported. The !
storm was accompanied by constant
display of electricity.
AS Ashwood, six miles west of Co
umbia, a terrible rain and hail fell
Sunday night, accompanied by vivid
display of electricity and heavy
Wind. Crops, shade trees, fences and
few clubhouse roofs were blown off.
Three miles west of Columbia, on
he Hampshire pike, the storm Sun
lay afternoon did much damage to
orn, shade trees, etc. At the home
f George McFall a large shade tree
1as blown down in the yard. A large
hade tree in the yard of Ben Pullen
as blown down and hail riddled the
orn Immediately in front of Pullen's
ONE. At the farm of w. D. Hastings,
ehind the Pullen place, tree was
Town across, the house. demolishing
small annex room, several shade
rees were blown down in the yard,
nd lightning struck large lynn tree,
caring it to pieces.
At Cross Bridges at eight-thirty
clock Sunday night, heavy wind,
ccompanied by little hail, and vivid
ghtning display, visited the locality,
Ding much damage to the wheat crop,
lowing that that was in the shock
own and that uncut was laid to the
round almost like a roller had been
IN over it. The corn crop was not
lrt, as there was only a little hail
Spring Hill was visited by heavy
lin. accompanied by wind and light.
ng. No damage so far reported.
Hampshire vicinity was visited by
savy wind rain and hail storm Sun
" night at eight o'clock, doing much
image to fields and shade trees.
creek is reported to be
CHER than it has been in many years.
i of the shade trees in George
lines yard, near Hampshire, were .
own down, and all of the footlogs
ross Hampshire creek were washed !
way. These logs have stood thei 5
'ods for many years. 4
Joe Whiteside's barley field on Cath