Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-11-16
REMARKAnLE ErFEors or I1GnrNINo.

REMARKABLE EFFECTS OF LIGHTNING
NJ Trcncllye. vicar-enera of Dgnc, sent the follow
Ing narrative to the Academy Paris lie remarks
that The Lightning struck the church white the bells were
ringing.
The village ofChateauucuf is situated in the commune OF
gne in the department Of the Lover Alps, southeast Of
the little town of Monsters, which is known for very cx
ce'icnt mandatory of earenwarc The village stands on
the extreme point Of One Of the first Alps which ampl
heatrically above Monsters " contains, sides
and parsonage fourteen houses, ennepce which, cut
ana me other the west The interval which divides the
village from the mountain the and deep
at the sight OF inspires terror; i05 nis chiefly
east SIDE oil the mountain, contain population of
On Sunday, July i1;h 1919. NJ salonnc ccrgvman Of
n"ers aud episcopal soner came to chatcaueuf
To induct rector About half hour past ten the
weather ne only there heavy clouds i'm the
sky. The new rector had begun celebration Of mass.
when three c!apS al thunder heard sc
ceednc each other The masshook of his hands
caught linn by the neck at first, he cried aloud; hui he
now closed his mouth involuntary notion was thrown
uSn ,iid rolled towards te people the church
VINO also sunk upon the ground, and Of the
Ioor oi The church-outes les resembles
ans Fcglse ayoicnt ctces a;rsi Iors
"a pnrte2 AS soon as be himself, returned
s .o the church where he found the clergyman Of Nous
lance some persons Who only slightly wounded they
lifted up the Clergyman cxingui.he,i his WIPER garment,
which were burning and by means Of vinegar restor"5
nun 70 his senses in two hours lie yonitc considerable
quantity OF blood Icafriei ,lat he had heard the
thunder, and indeed knew nothing OF what Ind passed
cwas carried 10 the parsonage bouSc. The electric nid
whence descended tore on one Of his "es wc ,Srs
to the other end If the church. broke the metal
L ne chair on which he also broken pieces.
On the second day after the the Clergyman was con-
Neye 10 his own house at Monsters where il was two
months before his wounds perfectly healed. lie had
wo some ngers broad, c right shoulder cx-
tented from The middle of the back part oi the right upper
arni tn the middle Of the side the lower arm.
ir deep wound went from tie middle back pn1 Of
inc ieit upper ar o the middle o the back the low
r ar OIL the sic fourth less considerable and shall
lower was or the side of lnxer par of The e
shoulder; anh filth, the upper In near the nose He
WIS tprmcne' Tor nearly Two months by total deprivation
o,sf ne lei, us arms nned and since that time always
suirrS ny the changes Of the weather.
little child was its no,her's arms and thrown
W 'hs Instance oi six PAGES omen air
ihe legs oil every individual felt iacd the terrified woman
presented dismal spectacle. The church was filed with
e! BY The glare of the flames proceeding from the clothes
winch The lightning had set Gre.
persons were killed upon the spot; Young woman
OF m,e'et years OF age carried home inen-
sbihfy and died the following morning in dreadful gonies
as nc ou lamentations evincci. The Ire killed
was therciore nin" and that of The wounded cighty-two
me priest who read mass touched by LIGHTNING
profanity because he 4 silk dress.
an tne dogs That in the church were found dead i'm
ie PosiuohS IN which they nj the woman
VINO was IN hut on the BaTin mountain To tie west nj
chteauneut three descend in randi suc
ces"n winch seemed ii they DESTROY the whole
'age IL ~ probable that the lightning first struck the
% on wv s'eepe was found in the cleft of rock
ne 1sthse oil sixteen meters Tile electric then pas
90 through vent which made HE church
me pulpit was spin 10 pieces. In The cnrc, there was n
hollow or channel. half
meni Of tho street stable lower down
"'ieie ii'e shecp ana a man were found dead.
ANTI-SPAsMoDIC.-M C;irard Musician or r,ors
mat Volatile anrOnac lacali vnatil iiorl
upe with water, n remarkable an;i-spasmodic He has
apped twin siccesS 10 the Of Drunkenness which he
coners an affection ofthe Seven eight trops
glass OF water, S1fiiced effect
the report of the discovery Society of