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Show Thunder Storm Plays Havoc Yith City Lights Sunday evening's thunder storm had Deltans cowering with bolts of thunder crashing and lightning crackling through town. One particular par-ticular blast actually bounced from house to house according to reports. Each individual was positive posi-tive it hit his home and was surprised sur-prised to find it still standing. The bolt crossed down Clark Street, scaring the daylight out of folks and did blow out 7 street lights, all the fuses in the alley north, and three transformers. The Telluride Power company had trouble calls from all directions direc-tions and was swamped for several sever-al hours making the necessary repairs. re-pairs. Tuesday night the storm seemed less spectacular but lightning light-ning struck a pole near Oasis and set it afire, burning off the top and arm. The fire siren at 9:30 .p.m. Sunday Sun-day called the Delta volunteer fire department and recruits to Whiskey Whisk-ey Creek where lightning had set some trees afire. Firefighters from Holden joined the local crew and they worked several hours with shovels and axes putting the fire out. |