CURRENT NEWS.
At Grotin, D.T., on the 29th. ult., lightning killed Mr. Bovee of Rochester, Minn., who was turning a windlass at a public well being dug by a few of our citizens. Bovee fell down the well thirty-five feet, and did not touch the man at bottom. The man at the other end of the windlass was slightly shocked. Mr. W.C. Allen, who was only a few rods from the well, was stricken to the ground but is not harmed.
Freeborn County Standard; Albert Lea, Minnesota.
August 11, 1881; Page Five.
dm wms (#47395868)
At Grotin, D.T., on the 29th. ult., lightning killed Mr. Bovee of Rochester, Minn., who was turning a windlass at a public well being dug by a few of our citizens. Bovee fell down the well thirty-five feet, and did not touch the man at bottom. The man at the other end of the windlass was slightly shocked. Mr. W.C. Allen, who was only a few rods from the well, was stricken to the ground but is not harmed.
Freeborn County Standard; Albert Lea, Minnesota.
August 11, 1881; Page Five.
dm wms (#47395868)
CURRENT NEWS.
At Grotin, D.T., on the 29th. ult., lightning killed Mr. Bovee of Rochester, Minn., who was turning a windlass at a public well being dug by a few of our citizens. Bovee fell down the well thirty-five feet, and did not touch the man at bottom. The man at the other end of the windlass was slightly shocked. Mr. W.C. Allen, who was only a few rods from the well, was stricken to the ground but is not harmed.
Freeborn County Standard; Albert Lea, Minnesota.
August 11, 1881; Page Five.
dm wms (#47395868)
At Grotin, D.T., on the 29th. ult., lightning killed Mr. Bovee of Rochester, Minn., who was turning a windlass at a public well being dug by a few of our citizens. Bovee fell down the well thirty-five feet, and did not touch the man at bottom. The man at the other end of the windlass was slightly shocked. Mr. W.C. Allen, who was only a few rods from the well, was stricken to the ground but is not harmed.
Freeborn County Standard; Albert Lea, Minnesota.
August 11, 1881; Page Five.
dm wms (#47395868)
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