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Show ELECTRICAL FIRE: Firemen were called to extinguish ex-tinguish a blaze at the home of Robert Nelson Thursday at 2:00 P. M- which was caused by lightning light-ning following, a power line into an electrical outlet in one of the bedrooms in the Nelson home. The resultant flash spread quickly quick-ly from the outlet to a nearby wooden bedstead, burning it badly, bad-ly, and eating into the mattress before it was brought under control. con-trol. Damage was also done to a nearby dresser and other articles ar-ticles in the room. Damage was estimated by some to be about $300.00. |