McDill, Wisconsin
Lightning Strike
July
9, 1907
Notes of the Storm.
On Sunday evening the chimney at the home of
Allie Porter,
east of McDill, was struck and shattered by
lightning, and the plastering was cracked and
broken in different parts of the house, while
the woodwork and papering were scorched.
Mr. and Mrs. John
Porter, parents of Allie, were at the
house at the time and Mrs. Porter had only a few
moments before arisen from a bed that was almost
entirley [sic] broken up by the bolt. The
father, son and four children of the latter were
sitting only a short distance from the base of
the chimney, but the lightning scattered after
striking the top, all the members of the
household fortunately escaped, and the
loss is covered by a policy in the Stockton
Insurance Co., the loss being settled yesterday
at $100.
Gazette, Stevens Point, WI 10 Jul 1907
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