Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Death By Lightning

We regret to learn that a son of Mr. Thomas Cook of Salem township, this county, was killed by lightning on the morning of the 15th inst. Mr. Cook and other members of the family were severely shocked, but sustained no serious injury. The deceased was 12 years old, and a very promising child. – Mount Pleasant Jour. 13th.

– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Saturday Morning, April 26, 1862, p. 2

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