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Show -; Trench. Due "T X-I'hthlng: ' ' ' During a thunderstorm near -Consett,' in the North Durham district, -ths lightning struck a pasture field and dug a trench varying from three feet to three feet six inches deep, and six Inches or seven inches wide, across the field for a distance of a dozen feet The solid clay was scattered in all directions, di-rections, portions thereof being found lying over twenty yards away, while the turf had been cut up as clean as if the work had been done by a sharp Implement. One grass sod, measuring about six feet long and nine inches in width, was laid on th.e opposite side of the fence In another field. |