Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 June 1901 — Lightning Struck Often. [ARTICLE]

Lightning Struck Often.

Jacob Theis was in from near Virgie Tuesday and reports that on the Wednesday before lightning struck in four places or his farm. His son, Peter Theis, and the hired man, Peter Maher, were driven from the field by the rain and when near the house, the lightning struck the rear of the wagon in which Maher was seated. A hole was broken in the bed of the wagon, the coupling pole was broken, and the wagon was turned half way around. Maher was slightly shocked and is still suffering from the fright experienced. The lightning also struck at three places in the woods nearby, and one large Jack oak tree was literally torn to pieces, and a hole where it was uprooted was large enough to have buried a horse in.