Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-10-19
Freaks of the Lightning

Freaks of the Lightning
At Higginsville, Mo, lightning struck
the hen house of J. P. Fulkerson, and OF
it's sixty inmates not whole hen co uId af-
terward be found.
The poodle of Mrs. Walter Re ynolds, of
Orange, Mass, was killed by lightning as
it lay in bed with her, while the lady her
self was not harmed.
The eigbteen-months-o child of Mrs.
John Tucker. of Salem, Ga, was at its
mothers breast nursing when lightnin g
killed both mother and child.
An apple tree was perfectly portrayed Oh
the window pane Of the house of Col.
Armstrong, near Atlanta, Ga, before
which it stood when lightning struck it.
Eugene E. Brown, of Katonah, was
grading oats when lightning killed him.
Not a scar ,Fas on the body. yet his bat
with the riIa tipped off was twelve yards
away.
The nursing infant of Mrs. Mary Sata-
white, of Winfred, Ga, was taken from
but the mother dropped dead.
Lightning struck directly in front of a
team at Pascoag, R. l., killing one of the
horses, while the other changed in color
from mahogany bay to q jet black.
Thirteen head of yearling cattle we're
killed by lightning at Oregon, Wis, while
standing in the shelter of some trees that
were not even touched by the fatal bolt.
In Whitefield, Me-, Charles Ware, his
wife, and child were in bed together. Only
MIR. Ware was killed, and the others we're
not injured. A girl in an upper chamber
had her hair set on fire, out sustained no
other injury.
It was Miss Willis first day at home
from her school at Wilmington, and she
was watching storm from the back
perch when a thunderbolt struck her dead.
Size was the 12-year-old daughter of Frank
Willis. of Queen Anne's, Nd.
While citizen of Rugby, Tenn, was
trundling wheelbarrow loaded with brush
there was flash of lightning, and when
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was nothing to be found of the barrow
but the tire of the wheel.
At the house of George Busby Of Fidel-
ity. ILL.,, lightning drew the nail upon
which bis coat hung against the wall, and
showed part of the coat sleeve into the
hole where the nail had been, so that the
garment did MOI fall to the floor.
John McFadden, teamster of Omaha.
was on load of lumber when struck by
lightning. 1t burned his hair, whiskers,
and eYelashes off, and marked his breast
and stomach with hundreds of small
burned spots, tore off one leg of his trou-
sers, and one shoe and stocking. He was
dead when found.
On the top of Locust Mountain, in
pennsylvania, was an Immense rocK
weighing ninety tons. When lightning
struck it the shock was felt for miles and
the rock was shivered to atoms. In the
dwellings near the foot of the mountain
one woman was killed, two men injured,
and another made insane.
A glass dish filled with shells was on a
mantel shelf in the house of Joseph
Haynes of South Parsonfeld, Me. When
lightning struck the building it threw
this dish across the room without crack
ing it or losing shell, struck a gun, tear
Ing the stock into pieces, then passed into
the sitting room where the family we're,
and took square out of the plastering,
but injured no one.
William Washington of Hills Station,
Md, was rocking the cradle containing
the youngest of his three children. His
wife was moving toward theAreplace with
knife. fork, and plate in her hands, when
suddenly both tell to the floor, the wife.
though dead, still clutching the knife in
one hand and holding piece Of the brok.
en- plate in the other. Washington was
stunned only. lightning had entered
through the chimney.
A gentleman from the country informs
us that while coming to town in his wagon
a few days ago, his little son called his at
tention to picture, which he said he saw
in window on University avenue occupied
by N. 6. Clifton. He got down from the
wagon. and examined the window. and
found upon pane of glass an excellent
likeness of the late Mrs. Bow.
yer, the mother of Mrs. Clifton. The fam.
lily had never noticed the picture, but re-
collected that many years ago Mrs. Bow
yer, at the occurrence of a severe storm.
while seated near the window had been
somewhat shocked by lightning. Several
similar cases have been reported in this
county.-CharlottesvilIe Ctusnacle.