Randolph County AlArchives News.....Blake, Thomas Lighting strike his home August 31, 1881 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Linda Ayres http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00031.html#0007674 March 3, 2023, 6:27 pm Roanoke News August 31, 1881 Our Louina reporter informs us that lightning struck the dwelling house of Mr. Thomas Blake, near that place, about five o'clock last Saturday evening, doing considerable damage, though, strange to say, none of the inmates, consisting of Mrs. Blake and several children were hurt. The roof of the house was torn off. The soot in the chimney and a sack of beans hanging on the wall, were set on fire, and the ceiling of one room was torn off, and things scattered around generally. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/randolph/newspapers/blaketho2122gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb