The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-07-11
SEVERE ELECTRICAL AND WIND
STORM VISITS BOURBON

Following a period of intense heat. |
which early gave promise of develop !
ing into a storm of some magnitude. |
this section was visited Wednesday |
afternoon by severe storm of cleo |
tricity, wind, thunder, accompani-
ed by heavy rain, which at times took |
on the proportions Of q flood, and did |
considerable damage in many sec
tons of the county. The people of
Bourbon county may be very thank
full that it was no worse.
The storm seemed to come from no
particular part of the universe, but
the dark clouds gathered, the rains
descended, and the elements had a
merry war for several hours, during
which time many of the more timid
ones sought shelter of a substantial
kind, and even the hardest wonder
ed what would happen next. The
wind assumed a high velocity at
times, forcing the heavy rain ahead
of it like bullets from machine gun,
and literally drenching the face of
the earth land everything" Limbs
were torn from shade trees and
scattered like chaff from a mill.
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stances, and the lightning played in
bass of the growing and roaring
thunder, like veritable Walpurgis
night.
During the storm the home of Mr..
Robert McFeeney, on the farm of
Mr.. John T. Redmon, on the Jacks
town pike, near Paris, was struck
by lightning and partly demolished
Mrs. McFeeney, who was sitting in
the doorway, received the full force
of the stroke, and was instantly
killed. Coroner Davis was called and
summoned jury, who, after review
ing the facts as presented, rendered
verdict in accordance Herewith.
A corner Of the Redmon home was
torn of by the storm, but no one was
hurt Mr.. Redmon went to the as
sisance of the McFeeney family
and everything was done for their
comfort.
Jack Turney had just finished top
ping of stack of hay on the farm of
his father, Mr.. Jesse Turney, on the
Maysville pike, near Paris, and had
descended to the ground, when a
fash Of lightning struck it, setting
it on fire and destroying it entirely.
His lucky escape was matter of but
a few seconds.
Mrs. Pearl beavers, who was sit
ting on the porch at her home on Fiji
teenth street, watching the progress
of the storm, was stunned by light
ming stroke, which flashed across the
porch. She was rendered uncon-
scious remaining in that condition
for over an hour and a half, until
restored through the ministrations of
physicians.
On the Claiborne Stock Farm of
Mr.. A. B. Hancock, near Paris, light
ming struck and killed a valuable
brood mare, that had been standing
in the field close to one of the barns
on the place.
Reports from all parts of the
county indicate some kind of damage
wrought by the storm, yet luckily
none of a very serious nature. The
heavy rains swelled the branches and
| creeks and made them into little
rivers, which poured into Stoner and
Houston creeks, rapidly converted
| those streams into rivers of muddy
waters. Floating debris of all kinds
covered the streams. Reports from
several sources in the county stated
that the storm had badly washed
out growing crops, especially to-
bacco. Among the latter was the
crop on the Turney place being rails
In the city the damage was not
very severe, being confined mainly to
broken limbs of trees and the flood
of water that poured through the
streets, in some instances overrun-
ming into cellars. Window panes
were broken by the force of the
wind, but no serious damage has yet
been reported.
Lightning flashes set fire to num-
Der of trees in woods on the Clin-
tonville pike, burning all the foliage
and badly charring the trunks of the
| trees Men with axes were set to
work chopping the trees down in Or
der to prevent other trees from catch
| ing fire.
Mr.. William Grammar had a mar
row escape during the storm The
members of the family had been sit
ting in the reception hall, and dis
cussion of the lightning caused one
of the ladies of the party to become
uneasy. They moved into rear
room, and Mr.. Grammar started from
the hall to the room to soothe them.
Just as he left the hall lightning
bolt struck the house, loosening all
the plastering on the hall ceiling,
which plunged down below with
crash to the very spot he had just
vacated.
The funeral of Mrs. McFeeney,
victim of the storms fury, will be
| held in the Paris Cemetery this (Fri-
day. afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, with
services conducted at the grave by
Rev. R. C. Goldsmith, pastor of the
Paris Baptist church. She leaves a
husband and eight children.
Mr.. and Mrs. James e. Craven,
who made a motor trip to Cincin-
natl, Wednesday, were caught in the
storm Wednesday night on the return
trip, and did not get home until
eight O'Clock yesterday morning.
They left Cincinnati late in the af-
ternoon, and ran into the storm when
II ppoc of IFS worst inst as thew ap-