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Show SHOWER OF HOT LEAD. Phenomenon the Cause of Much Speculation. Spec-ulation. Santa Cruz, Cal. A remarkable phenomenon Hint ba3 caused wonder nnd oonsternntlon In tho neighborhood neighbor-hood of tho Santa Cruz bench wns reported re-ported by Mrs. W. H. Hums Wednesday, Wednes-day, nnd when Investigated wns fully corroborated by residents of tho neighborhood. Mrs. Hums' attention wns ongaged and her curiosity aroused arous-ed by tho peculiar antics of a number of barefoot children win were playing play-ing In Tront of her house. Wlicn she nsked them whnt was tho matter they told her that tho air wns full of electricity elec-tricity nnd thnt hot shot was railing Irom tho clouds. Sho then noticed a c'attcr on the housetop thnt sounded llko hall, and looking in tho direction of the grand stand of tho Casino ball grounds, sho saw llttlo white threads tf smoko rising from tho root wherever wher-ever thoso llttlo red hot metal glob-tiles glob-tiles struck tho damp hoards. Every roof In tho vicinity showed tho same peculiar condition. This molten rain continued rrom about 2 to -I o'clock In tho afternoon, nnd varied In Intensity. Inten-sity. At times, however, children who woro bnrehoaded and unshod wero compelled to take to cover. One boy carries a burn on his finger as tho result of being struck by ono ot theso hot pellets. Ono theory to ncrount for the phenomenon phe-nomenon Is thnt the molten shower uns duo to n passing meteor that iind boon disintegrated. |