Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 146, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1916 — HOUSE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING [ARTICLE]

HOUSE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING

Bob Russell, His Wife and Baby Have Narrow Escape In Texas Storm. Brady, Tex. —Bob Russell, his wife and baby, who live six miles west of Brady, had a narrow escape one night when lightning struck their home, giving them a severe shock and setting the wallpaper and bed clothing afire. The electric bolt passed across the roof and came down the wall inside the room where the family were asleep and passed to the ground by way of a telephone wire and two shotguns standing near a bed. Russell was rendered unconscious, and when he recovered he found the bed clothing and wall paper afire. He was able to extinguish the blaze with but little difficulty. The barrels of both guns were melted, as was also the telephone ground wire.