Inter-Mountain Republican | 1906-07-27 | Page 5 | Lightning Makes Bricks

I LIGHTNING MAKES BRICKS Hums Rich Bleh lIed to Depth of ofTen Ten Inches Columbus Ind md July 20 Nathan athan Nathan H. H News Newsom a farmer Canner of ot Sandrock Township has brought t to this city some ome samples of bricks made malle by lightning light light- ning During a thunder rain and hailstorm on omi his farm last week light lIght- ning struck a shock of wheat and burned It Il Several hours later Mr 11 Newsom I was walking through h the lie field and found Cound the ground g so hot near the tho burned shock that he lie could not stand standon on it The he next da day the lie ground was still hot and he hi took a n shovel and dug down to see eo for fOI his own curiosity how much of or the time ground had been affected Ton Ten inches down he found Cound that the I ground was thoroughly bal baked baited ed an and pieces of earth which readily hold holt together tog were tal taken out The earth which was ivas line black soil Boll Is cooked to lo a 11 brick briel red and every vry bit of vegetable vegetable vege vege- table matter has hag been hern roasted out