| Show cloud burst hits big creek and argyle last Satur Sa dally y argyle district ant ana big creek was lilt hit by the worst storm of the season a real cloud hurst burst the storm only lasted thirty or forty minutes but was so severe up the creek that the whole country was a rolling torrent mr fr and mrs W E M marshall arshall 11 daugh ter iteli a son acarl and geo kennedy who were camped on the creek and who were preparing to cook supper were caught in the flood waters rolling torrents of water and debris were swiftly moving at it a width of ads the auto was standing in about 2 ft of water Geo kennedy being too far front from the car when the storm started took shelter in a larm in ret willow bush but was soon driven to the hills mr and mrs 3 F wilson who were erronte to randolph Rani olph from their home stead with a team and wagon were also caught in the storm they stopped on the hill side above the auto and watched the car they remarked that they expected to see sec the car ca overturn turn and tile the o drow drowned nea e farther down the creek at the ranch of geo A smith it a severe hall storm mixed with rain completely destroyed his grain crop knocking oft every head bead of barley and leaving only the stubble standing tiie the larger portion and better part of his hay hav crop was covered with mud and debri debris A farther on down in the argyle district the body of water became so large that it run into peoples houses and their barns tind and chicken coops at the ranch of wm win johnson cows and horses were standing in water miter up to their sides the ranch of james T ar nes D kennedy was perhaps the har hardest det hit torrent of water rushed down own upon his house forcing open the door and filling tin the house with mud and water to the depth of 10 or 12 inches at their barns barim and corrals the water stood 4 and five ft deep about CO 60 of cheit laying hens wore were drowned and thola gardens were covered with mud and debris HOUSE STRUCK KY BY LIGHTNING to make t belr plight more severe seven abe house was struck by a bolt ol oi lightning tiling striking the cast end of the gable the current followed down a PC 11 striking a rifle standing in the corner of the room which was strip nd apfl of the wood POT portion tiOn the wood being shattered to slivers silvers the rifle seer seemed tied to divide the current part of 0 it going into an adiol ning room and striking hing aai a h iron bed which a few minute before was occupied ocen pled by miss wella kennedy the iron bed seemed to divide the current again part go ing along the head of the bed and following and slivering silvering the floor dilong alon the mop board to the chimney tit ahr other current went to the foot ot of th bed aar a banjo stand standing at the file foot of the bed was almost destroyed the en cie bahir d ani an the flip string being burned up from there the current went down into the dining rowl dooni on oil the ground floo completely burning up a picture which hung on the wall about eleven people were sitting around in two lowfry looms and no one was hurt but between the lightning and the water they rec received elved the some scinie of their lives the ranch house of glen was also lilt hit by lightning and set afire leo mckinnon who was in the house bouse was struck ani and knocked down but not seriously hurt hint A number of other manees ganeb s cpr also damaged hy by hall and water many of them having their chickens drowned and their grain washed anway about a dozen bundles of grain ans washed novt art off 11 tuf t sto harn 11 way from the geo kennedy grain field west of the road and carried siong the lilg hway for several huir bun dred bred yards several bridges wert were washed out tin and the rond up big creek was washed away or covered with mud which made mad it necessary to w w the auto which was caught up the creek most of the way to town people of tills section claim it to be the worst storm ever experienced in fit tills this valley |
