The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-08-19
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verely shocked.
In Georgia a curious lightning stroke
also took place. A doctor of Oliver was
summoned to the bedside of negro who
had been injured. Upon reaching the
negro, the doctor, to his establishment,
found him doing well, with the excep-
ton of profuse hemorrhage, issuing
from comminuted wound of the first
or great toe of his left foot. This the
doctor was wholly unable to account for,
especially after searching in vain for
anything that might have given rise to
it, except the electric current itself
The vamp covering the toes of the shoe
of this foot was torn completely off.
The position of the negro at the time of
the stroke seems to have been bending
over, with his face on his bed. He says
he had presentiment of the fact
an hour or SO before it's occurrence,
and although not Spiritualist, yet the
remarkable precautions which ne took
would seem to create the belief that his
presentiment was real. There were an
axe and two guns near his bed, which
he says were there and gave him no I'M
easiness during other storms, but on
this occasion he could not resist the i'm
pulse to move them, fearing the attrac-
ton of steel. He rolled the axe in q
blanket and put it where he thought
it would be less likely to harm him
self or his children, four of whom
were in the room with him, and
who, marvellous to relate, were not hurt,
with the exception of a small boy, who
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walk, from which, however, he soon re-
covered. The stocks of both guns we're
torn to atoms, the ak was disrobed and
hurled In his rear, where it fell, and the
floor was shattered and driven through.
The current came through the roof, di-
rectly over his head, splitting and dis
placing several shingles, and making an
opening near two feet square. Several
boards from the gable were torn of, and,
more wonderful still, large piece was
driven through one of the planks under
his bed, the latter escaping entirely
! Subsequent to this In thunder storm in
Sutherford county, Tenn, one McWill-
lam was killed by lightning, four others
were struck senseless and four were
knocked down, and still later, at Floyd,
Va, Elizabeth Bishop, aged about ID
years, was found dead in George Bish-
ops field, near the Floyd and Mont
gomery line. She was found in sight of
the house. She was buried, and subse-
quently disinterred and an inquest held
over her body. The jury returned a
verdict OF murder, though it was gener-
ally believed in the neighborhood that
she was struck by lightaing and killed.
JULY's FIRST VICTIMS.
In July the mortality and injuries from
lightning strokes increased. On the
Fourth Alexander McMullen of Column
bus, Ohio, was strucd in the back of the
head. The bolt passed around his body
and down his right leg, stunning and
burning him severely. On the 9TH the
lightning tore the siding from the house
of S. M. Etter, at Bloomington, ILL.,,
and severely shocked the inmates, and
at Downs, ILL.,, on the same day, the
valuable stallion, Modoc, was killed by
an electric discharge. On the same day,
also, at Curran, ILL.,, John Davis, Jr.,
aged about 26 years, while attending to
some stock in field near his house, was
struck by lightning and Instantly killed.
At Vermillion, Iowa, Mr.. Comes was
struck, but finally recovered from the
effect of the shock. In Kansas, a Mr..
WeatheriI had the contract for carrying
the mail from Hays City to Kirwin, via
Stockton, and was driving the coach
when the accident occurred. It appears
that while riding over the divide storm
came up, when a thunder-bolt struck
him, killing him Instantly. He fell
from the coach, but The team went to the
crossing of Bone creek and stopped at a
farm house. The inmates, seeing no
driver, went back and found Mr..
Weatherill dead. In the same State,
later, a Mr.. Crosby and wife living two
miles east of Uniontown, in this county,
were struck by lightning. They were
standing Ill the center Of the room when
the lightning struck the house, and came
down the chimney-fue, tearing it and
the stove-pipe to pieces and striking Mr..
and Mrs. Crosby on the leg below the
knee, coming out at the feet, lacerating
them In fearful and painful manner.
Mrs. Crosby was also struck on the left
arm, and SO badly injured as not yet to
be able to use it. Their little son was
standing in the corner Of the room, and
had the hair of his head and his eve
brows considerably scorched.
A SAD OCCURRENCE.
One of the saddest cases of death from
lightning reported is that of an Iowa man
whose regard for others led him into
danger. The lightning in this instance
came from clear sky. On the afternoon
of July ID a Mr.. J. H. Boyer, the Post
master and blacksmith of Sloan, small
station on the Sioux City and Pacific
railroad, near the southern line of Wood
bury county, Iowa, was struck and killed
by lightning. At about o'clock in the
afternoon, at whicL time not cloud OBJ
secured the sky overhead or stood between
the sun and and the town, terrible flash
OF lightning, followed by a deafening
peal of thunder, struck the wires of the
telegraph office and set it on fire. I'M
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