S 8 Fatal efftBs of Ltghtmng^ 



fouad the unliappy child between thofe portions of cenduding. 



matter, and killed her in a moment. ■ ., 



It is remarkable, that the gentleman, between whofe feet fiic 

 ikt, and with the fkirt of whofe coat file covered her €ace, re- 

 ceived no hurt. 



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-^'t^INCE: writing the above, another perfon, an inhabitant of 

 Boflon, has been killed by lightning. " " 



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" On the tenth inftant, five men were employed, by the fe- 

 leclmen of the town, to take a corpfe, which had lain in a 



w. 



place unfrequented, until it became extremely ofFenfive, and 

 bury it on a finall ifland in the harbour. ' 



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•While digging the grave, they obferved a cjoiid gathering 

 nearly over them. As, one of the men was at work in the 

 grave^ and two others were flanding very near, there was an un- 

 expelled difcharge of lightning, which ftruck to the ground 



the two men who had been flanding by the grave, one on each 



fide. 



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The man who was then /V the grave, tells me, the clap 



feemed to him like the report of two or three cannon j in as 

 -qukk fucceflion as pofHble. He inflantly looked up,^ and faw 

 the tw© men lying on the ground. With fuch afTillance as 

 he, and the other men v/cre able to give, one of the two, who 

 were ftruck, was foon recovered j" in the other, whofe name 



was 



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