The Daily Dispatch: April 12, 1861., [Electronic resource], Egmont keg light-house struck by Lightning.

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Egmont keg light-house struck by Lightning.

--Last Thursday at 8 P. M, the keeper's house was struck and considerably damaged by lightning, Mr. Richarda was in the lighthouse at the time, and felt the shock. Mrs. Rickards was in the dwelling-house, seventy-five yards distant from the light-house, was struck down, apparently deed for half an hour. A little boy, six years old, abed, and sound asleep at the time, received no harm. The damage to the house consisted in tearing down plastering and brick work, and smashing to pieces the mantel-piece. The light-house proper received no damage. --Tampa (Fla.) Sunny South,

The Daily Dispatch: April 12, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. April 12, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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Egmont keg light-house struck by Lightning.