Show HISTORIC CHURCH HIT 1111 BY LIGHTNING Spire Built Buit by Benjamin F Franklin Frank Fank- ank- ank lin un n Gutted But Remains Intact Intact Philadelphia May Ia 22 t At At the tl height of the tilt hen ie t rainstorm Philadelphia Philadelphia Ph a Phila Phila- delphia has has- known in ton ten years rears hiStorIc historic his hiS- torSo Christ church erected in was struck by lightning today anti and the spire which was waR built hult by ly Benjamin Franklin Frankiln and from flom which he originally intended to try his electrical experIments experiments ments with wih n a kite was gutted by b lire fire re Prompt work worl on the part of oC tho firemen s ed saved the church The old churchyard was filled fied with hose and fire apparatus and amI tombstones two fre hundred years car old overturned o by tho the firemen but tho the flames fames were under tinder control fremen before tho tile fire re in the tho steeple had eaten oaten below the cupola Tho rho church containing Washington's family fam lam Sly ily anti and many priceless colonial pew ond 1 relics was not damaged No o water l penetrated the interior |