Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-07-06
Deaths BY Lig htniMg.
Washington Post.

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The series of severe thunder ,
which recently visited the Middle
AtIautic sta tes with their accom-. {
fatalities, have natural
" added to the fears OF the tim.
id regarding the chances OF sud-
den ,irath by lightning. Nor is
this apprehension altogether q
question of persona, cowardlce,
since many men and women, VINO
are more than ordinarily coira-
ueous when confronted with dan
ger instmcti, ely crnge and shlv.
er is the jagged cash OF fire
cleaves the black cloud. With
them, in all probability, there is
a nervous stress that answers 70
the elnctricatension ofth atmos.
phere, a state OF disturbed phys
ica| equilibrium responding au'
tomatically and uncontrolahly
to the warfare of the elements.
The brayest man is not the one
who is insensib!e to danger, but
rather he who is keenly alive to
it's immineuce, and yet encoun'
ters the fray, conscious OF its
hazard. Ajax defying the light
ming had a light task compared
to these, whose over-wronght
sensibilitied tremble in suspense
between the rpcurrent strokes.
But if statistics will sel We to as
suaye the fears OF the thunder
storms suffer, the figures collect
Ell by the weather bureau. cover
ing a period OF years, should
BRING a degree OF comfort. Let
us spe what chance the individual
has of falling a victim tn thrnlec-
trio fluid. The records for the
Middle Aslantlc states for the
three years OF 1906 to 1898
, show fewer fatalities for this i'm
mediate vicinity than in the dis.
t,icts surrounding. During that
time there were Z deaths Ivy ligh
= tni,,g ., Maryland 6 in West Vir
yinin, 35 in Virginia, and II il
O PENNSYLVANIA. For the section
{ as a whole, considered on u basi'
=, Of population. Maryland farce
hest, the rate nt death heing two
4 each year per million, with Della
.r ware six and Virginia seven'
Il The chanco: then, according tt
these figures, Tor a Washington
r ian TO be- struck by lightning i
~ abou. one out of a million eac|
80 wear. But this probability i
~ further reduced when the circnm
=. stances under which lightnin
- fatalities occur are taken int
Il. consideration. During the 81
Il years between 1890 and 1S9
he there we're 1913 buildings struc
q. by tightening in Maryland. 1
,s this number 143 were barHs, c
~ threr-fourths OF the whole. In
y remainder including Al dwelling
he / church; 2 factories and q oth'
%. buildings, the total loss to pro
tv prrty amounting to nearly WI
i 600.
in Loss OF lite by Tightening in Il
NV cities is comparatelysm G;
~ mains. strutural iron work. tel
.od graph and telephone wires ar
,,s metal roofs decrease the llao'll
of electrical shock to the lowe
~, point. All in all, the probabi'l
nd of death by lightning to the ci
,r dweller is so small as to be col
rh paratively negligible, for less.
son doubtedly, than that encount'
Nv. ed daily by pedestrians in cro'
NJ ing the streets at a point OF bu
.ve traffic.
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on. Chamberlain's Stomach and Lii
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not ers.
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s'y' nature, Mr.. e Elitor. Later OF
Y expect to submit some compa
ou' sons-howeyer odious-of the