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Electric Thunder Bolt Strikes
[Citation appears to be: Bru Can Sim. August 1, 1888]
Wednesday morning during the storm eight men took refuge in the G.T.R. bridge shanty at the Air Line Junction near Welland, when without a moment’s warning a terrible crack was heard outside as of some explosion; instantly a flash of light flew past the window; and in another moment the sand and gravel began falling on the roof of the shanty.
The terrified men were breathless. When they revived a little they found that an electric thunder bolt had struck within twelve feet of the door, ploughed the ground about 3 feet long, 18 inches deep and 2 feet wide, and melting a dent in the steel rail about the size of a silver dollar. Those who saw it coming say it came from the southwest in the form of a chain and when it struck it burst and smoke and fire flew in all directions.
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