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Fire From Lightning Bo] Damages Local ResidenceIFire starling from a January lightingning bolt badly damaged the Ted i Jcrrel home on South Walnut near the ? cemeteries Wednesday evening aboutFiremen fighting under bad weather conditions worked hard to save the house and were successful although there was heavy damage. The attic area on the west'was virtually burned i! out, and the west wall was badly cam-* aged. * Water damage was heavy throughout the house.•Long: Distance To Hydrant• j The nearest lire hydrant is some I- 2400’leet north of the Jerrel residence., The second fire truck had to be takenthe fire and water, carried.The fire evidently star the west walls when the 1 ran into the house. A sm burning in a wail in nne the house evidently fromFiremen fought tho bla: flcult conditions.. A stro: driving the cold rain whtc ing on.the ground, Very .tors were present find th! watch from outside theirto tlje scene in order to provide sufficient hose to reach the scene of theblaze.I Will Fenton, who resides across the !street, discovered the fire and turned jin the alarm. After the lightning bolt .'had knocked out the lights at the Fcn-'1 ton place, he went outside and noticedthe flames at the Jerrel place. TheJcrrcls were visiting at the HaroldNiece home and Mrs. Fenton, who happened to know where the Jcrrcls were, telephoned them.soaked.A pet coon which altacl in uurlUrn.sl Ml. Peasant which'i-Jerrel is ‘ keeping • vation for the owner w The animal was in :i cage ancu from the house.Other Calls The fire was the seco to which the firemen we the late afternoon and «v About five o'clock a ru to the Walter Toison lion: east Ml. -Pleasant when burning out threatened ti control.About 11 o’clock in the
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Mt Pleasant News
Mount Pleasant, Iowa, US
Thu, Jan 30, 1947
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