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Ccfijfrcs Freak of Lichtkixh.—The j Louse of Mr, Caleb Jewett, across Lake 1 Monona/ pays the Madison Journal, was slightly injured by lightning on Sunday ; «v«ySo£.; It was protected by a lightning j - rod* Toe top of tbe rod was raellecl off, i and the electric floid passed pad way down • -.he rod. tiujoinled it, passed into the sitting ! roon3. breaking ten lights of glas3, shatter- | ing the gl35i and splitting one floorboard: then iotO tbe hall, doing very litlle damage, then into the parlor, tearing across each breadth of the carpet, destroying about one Llf of St, shattering one floor hoard, andJa-eaking five lights of glass without injuring the sash: then into tbe cellar, knocking the bottom oat of an ice hox. broke two lights of glass and passed into the ground, at one corner. The* damage was ? Sight, all told, though the fluid passed iLrccgh all portions of the house, in many places leaving simply a black mark.
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Weekly Gazette and Free Press
Janesville, Wisconsin, US
Fri, Jun 29, 1860
Page 10
Full Page
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Stephen S.
USA 23 Apr 2019
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