Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell

THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Eighteenth Year - Number 46
Marlin, Texas, Wednesday, October 30, 1907
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House Struck by Lightning.
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House Badly Damaged--People Unhurt
--Two Dogs Were Killed.
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       What is considered little less than a miracle occurred ten miles northeast of Marlin, out on the Brushy Tuesday afternoon, when lightning struck the residence of W. T. Mains.  The house was badly damaged, as was the furniture and two dogs killed, one on the gallery of the house and the other under.  Members of the family in the house were unhurt, beyond a severe shock.
       The fact that they were not killed outright or badly injured is miraculous, as they were very near to the furniture that was demolished.

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