Show lightning in rural districts nine tenths ot of the annual mortality from lightning occurs in the rural dla dis tracts including under this head all towns and villages of 2600 2500 inhabitants or less lightning is one af of the principal causes of fires in the rural districts the loss from which might be largely lessened by putting rods rod 1 I on all barns and isolated build ings in respect of the number 0 deaths caused by lightning nevada cornea comes first followed in order as given by north dakota south dakota colorado montana and utah these states may be said to comprise our principal thunderstorm belt the fewest deaths and injuries from lightning occur in the state of washington where storms of the kind are very infrequent ent |