Show SHOWER OF HOT LEAD phenomenon non the ca cause use of much speculation ula tion santa cruz croz cal A ap phenomenon that has caused wonder and consternation in the neighborhood of tho the santa cruz beach was reported by mrs W 11 burns wednesday and when investigated was fully como corroborated borated by residents of the neighborhood mrs burns bums attention co was engaged and her curiosity aroused by tho the peculiar antics of a number numb er cf f barefoot children who were play ing in front of her house when she naked them what was the matter they told her that the aar at r was full of el electricity ec and that hot shot was falling from tho clouds she then noticed a clatter on the housetop that sounded like hall arid and looking in the direction of tho the grand stand of the casino ball grounds site she saw little white threads ct cf smoke rising from the root roof wherever these little red hot metal glob I 1 ales struck the damp boards every roof in the vicinity showed the tha same pecullar peculiar condition this molten I 1 ra I 1 n continued front from about 2 to 4 in 1 the afternoon and varied in faten elty at times however children who were bareheaded arid and unshod were compelled to take to cover one boy carries a byrn burn on his finger 9 99 9 the tha result ot of being struck by one ot of these hot pellets one theory to account for the phenomenon Is that the molten shower tas due to a passing meteor that had been disintegrated |