Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-06-03
VERY sound SLEEPER.

homes.
4 VERY SOUND SLEEPER.
A Young Lady SAUNDERS Through The Shock Of
a Ihunderhalt thar Created Terrific Havoc
Chicago Tribune.
bolt, or rather a blazing ball, Of
lightning performed phenomenal FRANKS
in the residence of MIR John Page, No. SIS
Flouruey street at 2.15 O'Clock Sunday
morning. The house is handsome two
story and brick basement, with grass
plat between il and the sidewalk 1t is
situated ON the south side of the street
and opposite its west corner are lamp
post and budding young beech tree
At the time mentioned Mr.. and Mrs
Page were sound asleep in their bedroom
off the FIRST floor. Their daughter, Anna,
about Is years Of age, occupied q front
room ON the second floor. and was also
asleep in bed. 4 report as of the burst
ing OF a bomb and the crash of flying ar
! ticles overhead suddenly aroused Mr.
Page and, rushing upstairs and into his
I daughters room, he was Mortified to see
the apartment Uttered with bricks, NOR
tar, broken glass, gas fixtures and the
wooden framework of the west window,
I Hurrying over the debris to his daughters
/ bed, which is in am alcovc extension Of the
room, lac was agreeably astouished to find
! the young woman calmly sleeping through
il all. Judging of the situation of aft
fairs as best he could, for the gas was cx-
tiuguished, he went down stairs 90 tell his
wife. Her first question was about her
4 daughter, and scarcely was it answered
WHEN a scream of fright was heard over
. 4 j
reached the room she leaped from the bed
4 into their arms, crying 30, father,
/ mothe."
How she slept through the crash of
Lightning and why she woke up SO sudden
+ iy afterward neither she nor her parents
can explain The father on first going
into the room and seeing her asleep CON
Guided not to disturb her Almost imme-
diately after he left she woke up, she
says, with a strange feeling, and seeing
+ the destruction around her was seized with
/ fright and naturally cried out. On retir-
] ing She had left The gas slightly burning;
when she awoke il was out. That amid
\ the destruction and terrible force mani
Tested hy the lightning she escaped com
pletely uubarmed is little less than mir
acuous
The lightning came from the northwest
and struck the window near which and to
the east of it was the gas fixture, a heavy
/ gilt bracket which turned in the middle
on hinge This bracket, which pr0ba-
4 bly, attracted the fluid, was torn from its
/ fastenings at the wall and tossed to the
/ other side of the room. In entering the
/ building the lightning not only tore away
/ tic sas6es and all tbe woodwork framing
I but cracked the arched stone coping at
4 fine ton. II also scattered in an directions
/ the lathinq and mastering on the wall
where the gas-pipe was set for about six
I feet above the floor and three feet in
width. The solid brick wall too. was not
/ left unipiured Inv the holt for that nor
tjon Of If near the window was pushed
ont Of nIumb 80 much that ii was al FIRST
thoupbt ii would have Ia he taken down
for safety.
The action Of the lightning was most
peculiar in many respects. After striking
/ H. vindnv Il hurled most Of tho wood,
,yorl, INTO tha room ana niIed II nelI-neII
inst IN the foot ~ Miss Pages he'd. The
waoden arch. however. at the ton of the
window i tore outward and sent fvirr
! ocross tbe front yard over the fence liz
no ras-lamn and broke II in two AGAINST
tbe beech tree an the sidewalk The i'm
si5o window blinds were thrown diagonal
/, near the foot az the he'd Init the heavy
ron window yqei,bts were thrown direct
IL across the room. stove in the room
was unharmed. and SO was the bureau, al
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