Tag: Lightning
Lightning Struck Two Hunters’ Shotguns and Blew the Barrels Apart
Two California hunters were caught in a storm in 1901 when a flash of lightning turned their shotguns into explosives. R. Cutlar and E. McClarnon…
Fishing Boat Ran Wild After Lightning Knocked the Crew Unconscious
A fishing trip on the Delaware River turned deadly when a thunderstorm swept over three men laying nets off the New Jersey shore. A bolt…
Lightning Blast Ripped Door From Hinges and Threw Nevada Man Through Glass
Four men had taken shelter inside a house at Sand Springs, Nevada, while a violent storm raged outside. They sat talking and listening to the…
Michigan Farmer Claimed a Lightning Strike Cured His Eight-Year Illness
For eight years, Reuben Nash lived with the lingering pain of an old bicycle accident. The Michigan farmer suffered from neuritis, a condition that caused…
Passengers Thought Ship Hit a Mine During Storm
The passengers aboard the Albania were dancing in the dining salon when the sea behind them exploded. During a violent electrical storm, a lightning bolt…
Girl Thought Dead Revived After Lightning Hit Her Coffin
The mourners were on their way to the cemetery when the storm broke over Hanston, Kansas. Inside the metallic coffin was the 5-year-old daughter of…
Lightning Struck Crowded Iowa Fair Tent, Killing 4 and Injuring Dozens
When rain began falling over the county fair in Indianola, Iowa, men, women, and children crowded into the poultry exhibition tent for shelter. Then lightning…
Man and 2 Horses Killed by Lightning Near New Salem
As a violent electrical storm swept across the farmland northwest of New Salem in 1914, Ernest Bohnke hurried to get two frightened horses into the…
Ironwood Man “Skinned Alive” By Lightning Bolt
When Tony Kmieck failed to return from a Saturday night fishing trip in 1925, his companions began searching the shores of Iron Lake. They found…
Starkweather Farmhand Killed by Lightning While Standing in Barn Doorway
When a violent summer storm swept across the countryside near Starkweather, North Dakota, in 1905, Burt Martin was asleep in an upstairs room of a…
