This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kenyon,Sherer,Burdick Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4EC.2ACE/835 Message Board Post: (Adrian township) During the storm, Monday,Web Kenyon's hay shed with ten tons of hay in it was struck by lightning and burned. No insurance. The roof was blown from Mrs. Sherer's hay barn which contained twenty tons of hay . The rain beat into it that large amount of hay is probably spoiled. (written 7-19-1904 (LaGrange) The storm last Monday did a great amount of damage to standing crops. Oats are flat and many broken down which will prevent their filling. Dell Burdick lost a valuable cow by lightning last Monday, and had another animal injured. (Shennington) A very severe wind and rain storm passed through this section,Monday. (Tomah Journal July 22, 1904)