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Show 1 LIGHTNING ENTERS A HOUSE An electrical storm visited Ogden and vicinity at 10 o clock last eening, doing some damage to property and frightening nervous people. The storm was accompanied by a heavy downpour of rain that continued weil Into the night Lightning entered a home near the corner of Jefferson and Twenty-fourth street, shocking a Tnother with a nursing baby. From this city the center of the electrical storm seemed to be far to the west. ThoBe who were travollng by rail to the westward say that the disturbance was nearer Ogden than even Promontory Point, They could see the play of lightning from the train The rain extended to the north and south of Ogdcn a considerable distance. The Huntsville section experienced ex-perienced a heavy rain and the country coun-try from Ogden to Salt Lake was drneched. The same condition prevall-d prevall-d throughout Box Elder county to the The car track near Wllhird was covered cov-ered with gravel and debris occasioned occasion-ed by the flow of water from tho storm and ono oar was derailed. The high tension fuses of the lnterurban car system were blown out and some delay was caused In gettlne them re-Placed. re-Placed. A land slide occurred at a point In the canyon Immediately west of tho Perry place and It required considerable consider-able time to get the canyon car service serv-ice In operation Lightning struck a Twenty-fifth street car and damaged the motors. The car had to be taken to the barns for repairs. A heavy wind prevailed in Ogden valley In the vicinity of Huntsville, Eden and Liberty. The inlgatlon ditches and small Btreanis leading into the Ogden river were filled to overflowing. over-flowing. Mall Carrier William Smith states that Ogden river rose fully n foot and that the water this morning was thick with mud. |