Mosinee, Wisconsin Storm
July
9, 1880
WIND AND LIGHTNING.
Incidents of Last Friday's Storm
A heavy rain storm, accompanied by the most
vivid lightning, and in some places by a
destructive wind, passed over the country on
Friday night of last week. The lightning
was particularly destructive...
TWO HOUSES STRUCK AT MOSINEE
Mosinee Correspondence of the Journal
The lightning did not do much damage here.
It struck on the Mr.
Sanford's houses, and went between
the studding, close to two children's heads.
It also struck one of
Mr. Josephs [Joseph] Dessert's
houses. The bolt struck the chimney and
went inside the house and out through the
bedroom window, breaking the sash and window
frame all to pieces. A man and his wife
were in bed in the bedroom, and the lightning
passed within six inches of their heads, but it
did not injure them. So you see the damage
was light.
The Stevens Point Journal, Stevens
Point, WI 17 Jul 1880
Based on the 1880 Census image, Mr. Sanford is
probably W. E. Sanford, a retired farmer who was
68 in 1880. His wife, L. S. Sanford was 72.
J. Dessert, 60, lived near the Sanfords with his
wife M. J., 40, and their daughter Stella, 14.
Sam Hinkley, 58 a lumberman was a boarder in the
home; H. M. Johnson, female, 24 was a servant
and Stella Hunt, 17, was a visitor who was going
to school.
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