Show LIGHTNING HOUSE INFLICTS emki martha jensen on feather bed in wrecked room escapes injury A thunder and lightning storm which visited richfield saturday night starting about was of unusual intensity for this vicinity according to old timers the second flash which was of tremendous power and velocity struck the home of martha suy jei jensen E 2nd and north with such violent contact that the contents of her living room and nearly all of the windows in her apartment both on the sleeping porch bathroom and living room were abat shattered the lightning supposedly struck a large tree on the back of the lot stripped it down partially of its bark and followed tile the aerial wire to the house the large Met Alet rodyne radio by the window was completely demolished the floor boards on the opposite side of the room torn up ir irregularly by the impact exposing the water pipes the ceiling paper torn in places window curtains and drapes torn from the casings soot blown over everything evry thing the stovepipe disconnected A rather freakish thing which happened was that a colonial doll pin cushion which had bad been on the radio was headed beheaded be and deposited upon a table on the opposite side of the room upon the investigation of mr and mrs arthur G pence who occupy the front apartment it was discovered that martha was in bed during the shock having retried early because of indisposition the fact that she was not seriously hurt is probably due to the fact that she was lying on a feather bed being stunned she stated she knew her home had been struck but was so paralyzed with the shock that she could not move nor make a verbal sound for over an hour it was discovered that the bedroom of mr and mrs pence was covered completely by soot about an inch thick the flue stop having been blown across the room by the great force tile the morning showed the chimney was wrecked the sewage system almost completely demolished moli shed lied and the electric wiring burned out lightning insurance insurance was carried on the property and the adjuster from salt lake city arrived monday for an appraisal of the damage nearly people visited the scene sunday and monday other neighbors in the vicinity who distinctly were shocked besides the pences fences were the chris petersons one of the daughters who was washing dishes felt distinct shock in her arms A nielson boy in a neighboring house was shocked from the telephone the dell buchanan home next door was left in ill darkness one of the older knaphus boys reported he saw the lightning as it jumped along the wire to the house A horse belonging to the spend loves on the edge of town was nearly killed and it was reported that a house in joseph had bad been struck |