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Smyrna Times
Smyrna, Kent County, Delaware
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Lightning struck Dr. W.H. Cooper's residence in Kenton during a severe storm on Wednesday afternoon, July 17, tearing apart the chimney and nearly hitting a person on the porch. The storm brought heavy rain, terrific lightning, and thunder, setting back farmers' threshing and threatening wheat, fruit, plums, grapes, and peaches with ruin due to damp weather.
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Lightning Bolt During Storm Wednesday Night
Struck it and Tore Away Part of Chimney.
Kenton, July 17:—During the severe storm at Kenton, on Wednesday afternoon, the residence of Dr. W.H. Cooper was struck by lightning and the chimney torn apart. A person standing on the Cooper porch heard the crash and looking up barely escaped in time to prevent being hit by the bricks. The storm was one of the severest of the vicinity. The lightning flashes were terrific and the thunder heavy. Much rain fell and farmers have received a severe set back in their threshing. Indeed the continual showery and damp weather, it is feared, will ruin wheat and fruit. Plums and grapes are rotting and peaches are not showing up as they should.
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Kenton
Event Date
July 17
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chimney torn apart; person on porch barely escaped being hit by bricks; no injuries reported; heavy rain set back threshing; damp weather feared to ruin wheat and fruit, with plums and grapes rotting and peaches underperforming.
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During a severe storm on Wednesday afternoon, lightning struck the residence of Dr. W.H. Cooper, tearing apart the chimney. A person on the porch heard the crash and escaped bricks falling. The storm featured terrific lightning flashes, heavy thunder, and much rain, one of the severest in the vicinity.