Cotton, Mrs. William – Burned by Lightning (1910)

Bio: Cotton, Mrs. William – Burned by Lightning (1910)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Cotton, Thomas, Fradenburg

----Source: Greenwood Gleaner (Greenwood, Clark Co., Wis.) 21 Apr 1910

During the electric storm last week Monday morning, lightning struck the house known as the “Thomas House” just south of the village of Granton. Mrs. Wm. Cotton and children were in the house during the storm, and the lighting, which ran down one side of the building and across the floor, tore the sole from one of her shoes, burning her foot badly, slivered the boards of the floor and knocked one of the children down. Both were rendered unconscious, and it was thought first shock was fatal. They were carried across the road to George Fradenburg’s home and restorative’s applied. Mother and child have now fully recovered. Only a few dollars damage was done to the house. (Granton News)
 

 

 


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