| Show correspondence barn aud and thirty five tons of hay bay destroyed by at para dine dime were the owners for warned editor deseret on sunday evening last a thunder storm passed over the th southern part of cache county there was one terrific peal of thunder that startled all who it and many exclaimed something has 1 land and so it proved tor for as mrs emma shaw and family of paradise were seated around the supper table when this awful crash came the house appeared 1 full ull l of lire fire the family made sure the h hoube ouse ha had L been struck some one called out ont the barn is on fire large volumes of smoke and name flame were starting up all through the barn stable and other outhouses out houses eg master harry shaw at once proceeded to the stables and turned the horses loose there were several valuable horses in ia the barn during the crash some of them had broken their halters and got out next his flis attention to the two sets of harness and got them them safely out except the four bridles A lar law ge force of men came and formed a bucket brigade it was no use trying to save the baru barn then attention was mainly directed in preventing the spread of itne tire as a hurricane was blowing from the northwest men were vere placed on the houes bouses and stacks adjoua adjoining ing for several blocks twe was wa S driven b before fore the wind and had not I a heavy rain which came with aft the thunder damped everything around it is ir hardly safe to say sav where the conflagration fla Aa would have ended as is around arond town was dry i s by ty mizi t the e f tire 1 re was brought under control fifteen men remained on the round ground till morning the barn barnstable stables sheets beds and outhouses out houses toge together ther with 35 85 tons of hay were consumed all the sini animals mals except one a small hog were got at 9 oat ut safely the damage was waa UW no ing insurance urance 9 tile the most singular part of this affair is that on saturday night emma shaw had gone to stay with mrs Mr elizabeth shaw who is on the ranch above old paradise she says that during saturday night nigh 1 every time she tried to slee sleep she could see volumes of smoke as and flame aud and this strange phenomenon appeared before her all night she became very nervous and on sunday at noon she returned to her home in paradise 50 so much had the dreams of the previous night impressed her with the danger of fre that she says no sooner had I 1 removed my hat and wraps than I 1 went to tue tae barn and looked in every nook and corner and was satisfied that all was safe e but ut at bip m those who saw the lightning 8 strike rike the barn say there fell upon it a large ball of fire splintering the whole into fragments and almost in an instant large volumes of flame and smoke were seen issuing from the building much sympathy is felt for f or the widows the loss will be great to them but I 1 learn that the men of paradise and those paradise men have large souls have promised to replace the hay hay and also aid in erectile new buildings is seven years ago it int st so saturday burday the ge stables sheds shed sand and jay belonging to this family were burned since mince then they have buried brother shaw and three children and now cow this toss loss causes them to conclude that this is truly a world of sorrow A large stack of hay northwest of the barn was saved and the only grain that had bad been hauled was a small stack of oats that was saved by men placing it upon wagons and removing it out of danger C C S hyrum cache co aug 10 1880 1886 |
