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Alpena Evening News
August 27, 1900


                              A Close Call
                              
              St. Joseph, Mich., August 25. - A terrific storm
            struck this city at 3 o'clock Friday morning. The
            lightning struck in several places, and the wind,
            rain and hail also did considerable damage. Light-
            ning struck the spire of the German Lutheran Church,
            and tore the shingles entirely off one side of the
            edifice. An electrical bolt visited JOHN HIGMAN'S
            barn, on the lake shore drive, cutting a hole 
            through the roof and running down through the
            hired man's sleeping room. The man's escape was
            wonderful, as the lightning passed within three
            feet of him. The plastering in all sections of
            the barn was scattered. That more than one bolt
            struck the building is proved by two or three
            holes in the roof, which were discovered by MR.
            HIGMAN in the morning. A large barn near Benton
            Harbor was struck and completely destroyed.
            
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