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Philadelphia, PA Storm and Lightning Strike, Jun 1894

Posted October 14th, 2007 by Stu Beitler

A CLOUDBURST

Lightning Kills One and Wounds Another Near Philadelphia

While a tugboat was towing a number of canal boats down the Delaware at Philadelphia, Penn., during a thunder storm a bolt of lightning fell on the deck of the canal boat Mars, passed through the planking into the cabin and instantly killed JOHN OGDEN, seventy-five years of age, and fatally injured EDWARD LICKERBOCKER.

A cloudburst swept the extreme northeastern section of Philadelphia and the southern portion of Montgomery County, and within an hour did damage to the amount of over $100,000.

The Cranbury Press New Jersey 1894-06-01
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Researched and Transcribed by Stu Beitler. Thank you, Stu!

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