Gazette and sentinel., 1860-04-28
Of Persons Killed By Ligk
ming.

That which particularly charactl
ses the effects OF lightning" writes
Boudin, us its suddenness. At o.
time, the individual is killed on the ST.
remaining in u sitting posture, or ey,
on horseback. At another time h.
thrown Il long distance" The first me-
ton made of this kind Of death is int
history Of Alexander. During u drcy
tul tempest says Quintius Curtis, VIII,
destroyed a thousand men, some W,
found supported against trees, as if ST.
alive and talking with each other, al
Just in the attitude in which death Ia
surprised them" According to Cardc: -,
as quoted by Riviere, eight reapcrs L
king thcirfood under an oak were struc
by lightning, and died, preserving the
attitUde-one of a nan eating, anothc
drinking. In Lorraine, a woman al ,
one of her children were killed, and L.
NAMED in a sitting posture. At Dovcl.
a man killed with four hourscs, wa
found sitting under a bush. 4 man o..
law at Troyes was killed by li@htninE
when on horseback; the animal, stj.j
continuing his journey, brought HON
his dead master, retaining the postum
of a man on horseback. On the Ilth o.
July. 1916, at Chateau-neuf, three fire.
balls fell on the church. Nine person
were killed and eighty-two wounded.
All the dogs found in the church wcr,
killed, and retained the attitude wbil. .
they previously had. On January ..
lS49, a goat was killed near Clcrmonr
and found sitting upon his hind-qu&rterr
with a branch OF green leaves in III
mouth. Now, this phenomenon i, some
times equally observed in persons kiIlca
by firearms. In the Morning lIcgaldof
November 8, 1851, the following dc
tails are given of a visit to the field e..
lnkermann, Immediately after the run
bat: MANY faces still seemed to mil, :
others had a threatening look; som,.
bodieshad a funeral pose, as thou%h laid
out by friendly hands; others still knclt
upon the ground convulsively graSpin%
their weapon, and biting their cartridge.
Many had their arms raised as if cnlca-
voring to ward off a blow, or as ii de-
string to offer a last prayer. All their
faces were pale, and the fierce blowing
and keen wind seemed to animate their
dead bodies; one would have said that
these long lines of the dead were about
to rise to recommence the struggir."-
NJ. Boudin writes the same thing # The
appearance of many of the Russians az
ter the battle Of the Alma :-Somc
seemed still writing i'll the agon.ss OF
despair and death, but the most wore l.
look of calm and pious resignation
Some appeared to have words floating
on their lips, and a smile as in a 1T Of
high bcatitudc. One was particularly
observed. his knees bent, his hand rails
ed and joined, his head thrown back,
murmuring his supreme prayer. Vt
Magenta, again, many dead bodies, ~
we are informed by Surgeon-Maiot Ar
mand, Of the army Of Italy, maintained
the attitude they had when struck, pass
ing simultaneously from life to death,
without agony or convulsion. AI'H@vc.
struck point blank III the chest, still held
his bayonet in the position OF the charG".
with the menacing aspect of a dead il
on. His Majesty the Emperor Is sail
10 have remarked a similar case at l'a'-
estro. Near to the Zouave was au AUS
trian, dead from hemorrhage. His fac"
and ewes were turned TO Heaven, his
hands Joined, and fingers interlaccd, cv-
identity in the attitude of prayer.
Nyrrrprors TprvV An old tyrnk