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careful tests, applied to both surface velocities and velocities at 
depths of 40 ft. to 60 ft. » he he 
2, Death by Lightning ; by Rev. Horace C. Hovey, M.A. 
writer has taken pains to verify by personal examination and the 
testimony of eye-witnesses. 
Vhen the 
the broad platform of the amphitheater, in the fair-grounds adja- 
cent to the city. The promenaders, either in ignorance, or negli- 
a gentiema 
accompanied her to the grounds. An electrical discharge sought 
them out, on its way from the clouds to theearth. She was killed, 
where a red mark was left, as if by a violent blow. e res of 
the head showed no external injury except that the hair was 
ving only 
a well marked groove along the limb; but tearing the shoe into 
t u 
and the natural and agreeable expression of the eyes. 
It seems as if the stroke must first have traversed the adjacent 
oak; but the most careful examination discovered no disturbance 
of its branches, or injury done to its sturdy trunk. On leaving 
. iss Ritenour, the entire discharge ssed through the 
plank on which she stood, piercing it like a mus et ball, the upper 
side of the perforation being smoothly d ressed, while underneath 
o this latter piece of timber, boards ha been nal ed; 
and to each nail head, in passing, the electrical fluid paid most 
