Show Lightning Hits Hils I And AI County Building Frank Godbe city treasurer and Miss Effie Hitch a deputy clerk In Inthe Inthe Inthe the city court were struck by lightning this afternoon and although severely shocked injury Both were returning to the city and county building front luncheon Miss Hitch was walking west est on Fourth South street between Second and Third East streets Mr Godbe was walking In the same direction about feet behind They both carried umbrellas When the lightning struck the ground near them the current passed through their bodies temporarily paralyzing the hand handin in which they carried the umbrellas The lightning which broke over the city in the early afternoon struck in several places over the city but no material damage was done The city and county building was struck by the first bolt which entered the building over the lighting wires It was stopped by the fuse box in the engine room I When the extra charge of durrent struck fhe he fuse tuse box an explosion fol fol- fol- fol lowed The entire lower corridor was lighted throughout and those who were in the corridor at the at-the the time were temporarily tem tern blinded by the flash William WilHam Bowman the engineer said that if it anyone had been In or near the en engine engine engine en- en gine room at the time he would have undoubtedly been killed The elevators in the building and the huge draft fan in the boilers were put putout putout putout out of commission by the lightning but beyond this the building was not dama dam dam- a aped aged ed |