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The Daily Dispatch: November 19, 1860., [Electronic resource], Struck by Lightning. (search)
Struck by Lightning.
--The Knoxville (Tenn.) Whig says the dwelling of Thomas Britt, in that city, was struck by lightning on the 9th inst., at noon, and literally demolished.
Shingles and pieces of scantling were thrown off a distance of one hundred yards. The press and dishes were broken up, and the bed set on fire.
Mrs. Britt was sitting in the house — a small frame building — nursing her child, and both escaped unhurt