The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-08-19

up, of hole eight feet deep by actual
measurement. The clothing Of the de-
ceased was found to have been shredded.
and when first discovered was on fire,
while the silver watch he carried had
been driven into the ground, and when
! lifted up it was found that the works
had been fused into 2 lump of shapeless
metal.
A FUNERAL STRUCK.
The account of funeral struck by
lightning has already attracted attention
in the newspapers. The accident oe-
Cured in Brooklyn. The funeral pro-
cession of sea Captain was on its way
to the cemetery in storm, and one of
the carriages was just depositing its in
mates when two balls of fire seemingly
two feet in diameter dropped just in
front of the horses heads and burst with
report like a cannon. At the same
time there was binding flash OF light
ming, followed instantaneously by crash
of thunder that made the cemetery hill
! tremble.
The horses attached to the carriage
sprange forward, running the pole
through the back of the hearse and
| throwing the coffin of the dead captain
from it's mountings. They began to
plunge, and the front carriage was
dashed against the hearse, and badly
shattered. A young lady on the inside
front seat was thrown out and badly
bruised. The driver could not control
the horses, and they started to run,
dragging the remnant of the carriage up
the main avenue of the cemetery, and
going nearly mile before they could
be stopped. The driver was also
thrown from his seat and slightly in
iured.
A LATE IOWA TRAGEDY.
On July %, Mr.. E. r. Knapp, Of
Broken Kettle settlement, in Sioux
township, Plymouth county, Iowa, was
killed by lightning, while on his way
from fishing excursion. at the time
with T. Fursee, Ira G. West and two Of
Mr.. Fursee's sons. The lightning struck
him on the left shoulder, ran down his
side and through the wagon seat, tear
ing his clothing to tatters and making a
hole about an inch and half in dame
ter through the seat board. Fursee was
shocked, the electricity striking him on
the left arm, running through that, down
his body and between his legs, badly
burning his stomach and the inner sides
of his thighs, tearing his pants COM
i pletely off him. West was hit In the
face, lacerating his cheek, whence the
fluid coursed down his breast, leaving
it's mark in numerous places on the
right side of his trunk. The boys
were also shocked, the hat rim of
the younger being entirely torn off.
The team was Frustrated by the con-
cussion.
ANOTHER IOWA CASE.
On Saturday, July "a, Mrs. Norris
and her daughter were each killed at
their home in the Floyd valley, Iowa.
The sad visitation occurred about 3
o'clock on Saturday afternoon Mrs.
Norris and two daughters were the only
persons in the house at the time, Mr..
| Norris and son being in Sioux city
that afternoon. The elder of the girls,
Miss Rowena, was up stairs at the time,
and the younger one, Emma, was with
her mother. on the lower floor. Mrs.
Norris and Emma were. standing at
window when the fatal flash came, and
both were Frustrated. Emma. who is
but ten years Of age, recovered from the
shock and attempted to raise her mother
to her feet, and then discovered that she
was rigid in death. The little girl then
called to her sister, but getting no reply
went up stairs in quest of her. At a
window Immediately over where the
mother and daughter had stood lay the
body of Rowena, nearly stripped of
clothing and with the remnants of her
garments on fire. The little girl had
presence of mind to procure water and
extinguisll the flames, when she ran as
fast as she could to the nearest neigh
Dor, Mr.. Beck, distance of mile, for
assistance. The lightning had passed in
at the top of the house and ran down
through the floor, doing but trifins
damage to the building.
LIGHTNING IN ST. LOUIS.
Thus far in the season, but one death
by lightning has occurred in st. Louis,
though buildings have been struck sew.
eral times. The circumstances of the
death of James Godfrey are still fresh
i'll the public mind. He was driving a
wagon at the time the shock occurred,
and was seen to fall backward from his
seat The wagon was stopped and he
was found to be dead. The color of his
face had turned to purple, and there
was little blood issuing from his left
ear. On being examined, it appeared
that there was mark along the line of
the spinal column, as though it had
been scalded with hot water. Near! the
lower extremity the skin had been
peeled off in circle Of about four inches
/ wide.
ITALIAN LIGHTNING.
It may not be out of place to close
this account of the exploits of lightning
for the season with remarkable extract
from the London Echo, where Rome
correspondent gives description of the
singular phenomenon which occurred at
Velletri during the violent thunderstorm
of June %. and which is to be ranked