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yet put in an appearance.liflngerouh Electric Stormt,Plainfield, July 9.—An electric stormof unusual dangerous proportions sweptover this place la.st evening, and it was accompanied by a heavy downfall of rainand some hail. One cloud came froru thewest and another from the northwest, andthey united forces. Lightning struck the carriage and paint shop, a two story framebuilding, owned by Pleasant Almond and occupied by S. A. Osborn and El wood Wasson, burning the structure to the ground. A number of carriages and buggies, some of them ready lor delivery, were destroyed. The blacksmith shop, adjoining, owned by Mr. Wasson, caught tire and was consumed. Loss, altogether. $b(X, with 110 insurance. Nothing but the heavy rainfall saved the surrounding dwellings. No lives were lost, ulthough a number of individuals were shocked by electricity. '1 wo other houses and a gate post were struck by the electrio current, but little damage resulted.
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