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Crop In Shock; Thoroughly Soak-j ed In Six-Hour j Deluge. jFrederick county came iu out of theism last night aoout 8.30 o'clock af-*e. it nad been thorough]} drenched for more than six hours bj one of the {, hardest rams to *asb deca5ed *ege-j table matter down :be sides o[ the! Blue Ridge Mountains. The ram start-! eri about l o'clock ami fell in a gen-; /♦rat steady downpour. until about| live o'clock: when apparently the! ■!*e,a*ber man lost control ot the spigot and be tore he could muster m a force _Oi recruits to s-hm the downpour off. j jthe cotinLy had been given a thorough;' soaking5 1; was an unwelcomed '-oalnns, as jmany of ihe farmers ’Kould hare finished harvesting: today Wheat in the Is-hoek at present cannot stand many •snob raans. Some of the corn fields ~r. various ^ecuon? of the county were reported to be badly washed by the hea\^ rains Creeks were about hank! full, and with the downpour of last; ns:;c;. hisk water ruav result; I»f present weather condition.* prevail i jfor the uevt week much of the viheatj h t-iu will oe sprouted in the! shock The Tempercjttire yesterday] was 34-67. «*nd the storm brought ncj relief from the heat j
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The Frederick News Post
Frederick, Maryland, US
Mon, Jul 12, 1920
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