Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1901 — Lightning Stroke Not Forbidden. [ARTICLE]

Lightning Stroke Not Forbidden.

I'eking, June o.—Lightning struck a building inside the gate of tlie American end of tlie Forbidden City, and three buildings were burned. A heavy rain saved the rest of the Forbidden City. One of tlie buildings burned was a librury containing many valuable manuscripts and numerous historical records of the dynasty.