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Republican Herald
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
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Lightning struck the two-story house of Isaac Riddle in Bedford on Wednesday last, damaging the chimney and east end. A family nearby escaped injury, but their cat was killed.
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Bedford
Event Date
On Wednesday Last
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Outcome
family uninjured; cat struck dead with hair stripped off; chimney rent from top to bottom, greater portion of east end of building destroyed.
Event Details
The two story house of Isaac Riddle, Esq., in Bedford, was struck by lightning. The fluid passed down the chimney and rent it completely from top to bottom, destroying the greater portion of the east end of the building. A man, his wife and child, who were sitting near the fireplace, were uninjured, although a cat lying within a few inches of the woman's feet, was struck dead, the hair being entirely stripped off from her. The escape of the family was wonderful.