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Terrible* .Strokes of Lightning1—tting-ulnr Effects—WTl»ole Eonipanie* of ftolrilers Pv«w*t rated—Three Pehom Killed and Forty-four Injured, etc.[ From the Mobile Tribune.]About half-past six o'clock on the evening of June 18th, our city whs visited by ay thunder storm, accompaniedlightning. A tree in the camp of the 26th Indiana volunteers, company B,. was struck by lightning, killing one man and severely shocking ten others. Private Thomas Neugent Was holding his gun in his hand at the time the tree was struck. The electricity ran down the barrel of his gun, shattering the stock, but, strange to say, did not injure the man other than giving him a heavy shock. Shocks from the lightning strokes were felt over the entire camp. In the 60th Indiana volunteers a large pine in the centre of the camp of company J was struck by lightning, the ck*ctrieitv branching off in three* directions, one running down the barrel of a gun which was standing against a tree, and forcing the plug out of the barrel; another struck a member of company B, paralysing three toes of the left foot and severely shocking him. This is the second time this regiment has suffered from lightning. In their march to Jackson the staffof their regimental colors was shattered topieces and two men killed. Considerable damage was also experienced in different sections of the city,, many fences, sheds, Ac., lieing blown down.vivid and frequent dashes of*
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Philadelphia Age
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Jun 30, 1865
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