Biwer, Daughter c1884 - 1898

BIWER

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 5/22/2024 at 16:07:28

Iowa Plain Dealer July 22, 1898, FP, C4

Sad Fatality.
During the thunder storm Monday afternoon the wife and two daughters of John Biwer, residing some two miles west of Lourdes, went into the cellar, fearing a cyclone. They were all seated near the chimney built up from the cellar, when a bolt of electricity passed down the chimney instantly killing the mother and a daughter about 14 years old and severely shocking the other. It was a terrible visitation for the family,which in its sorrow and affliction has the sympathy of the community.