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1822 – Grue Church fire, Norway, 113–117 dead. 1823 – Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls , Rome, Italy. J. M. W. Turner watched the Palace of Westminster fire in 1834 and painted several canvases depicting it, including The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons (1835).
It was struck by lightning in 1284. The main spire blew down in 1353. More lightning strikes took place in 1625 and 1642. A fire in 1727 damaged the choir roof. A replacement spire was destroyed by lightning in 1822, [39] and was replaced with a neo-Gothic spire. Two aerial bombings in 1944 damaged the church, the second destroyed the roof, the ...
Other physical injury can be caused by objects damaged or thrown by the lightning strike. For example, lightning striking a nearby tree may vaporize sap, and the steam explosion often causes bark and wood fragments to be explosively ejected. Lightning strikes can also induce a transient paralysis known as 'keraunoparalysis'. [3]
SPENCER — The First Congregational Church of Spencer — which burned to the ground a year ago after the steeple was struck by lightning — will rise again.. While there was a period of serious ...
Fox Weather 1 hour ago Tornado strikes Mississippi church for second time in 90 years during deadly severe weather outbreak. A deadly tornado ripped apart a small church in southern Mississippi ...
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Deaths from lightning strikes. Pages in category "Deaths from lightning strikes" The following 51 pages are in this category, out of 51 total.
The Great Thunderstorm of Widecombe-in-the-Moor in Dartmoor, Kingdom of England, took place on Sunday, 21 October 1638, when the church of St Pancras was apparently struck by ball lightning during a severe thunderstorm. An afternoon service was taking place at the time, and the building was packed with approximately 300 worshippers.