Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1889 — Cologne Cathedral Struck by Lightning. [ARTICLE]

Cologne Cathedral Struck by Lightning.

The big stone cross on the south tower of the Cologne cathedral was struck and smashed by lightning recently. Great pieces of it fell to the pavement with such velocity that they were crushed to powder. Two men lost their lives in placing the cross orrigin ally. The perilious job of repairing the damage just done will be undertaken within a lew weeks.