Hemingray plant struck by lightning

[Newspaper]

Publication: The Muncie Morning Star

Muncie, IN, United States
vol. 49, no. 40, p. 3, col. 2

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HEMINGRAY PLANT

HIT BY LIGHTNING

Firemen from stations No. 1, 2 and 4 yesterday afternoon respond­ed to an alarm from the Hemingray Glass Company when a bolt of lightning hit one of the large transformers. The blaze, however, was extinguished by employes of the plant.

The transformer was put out of working order and plant No. 1 was closed until the first of the week. The loss was estimated at [dollar:$200] or [dollar:$300] by officials of the factory yes­terday.

The insulation on many of the wires leading from the transformer was burned off and on many of the others was badly damaged.

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