Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

not take advantage of it. Perhaps the night of the fourth was near enough.August 8, 1914.(HT)J.C.C. relates odd electrical performance, witnessed by his parents. Ball of lightning goes thru three rooms of house, out to a sugar shed thru paper covering window, over to fireplace, also covered with paper, up chimney & just at top explodes tearing chimney to pieces.(HT)Last night’s meagre sprinkle abated the drought none. Today the heat is intensified and the broiling of the earth is continued.