OBIT: Joseph MILLER, 1899, Lower Chanceford Twp., York County, PA

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Killed by Lightning

Joseph Miller, a Lower Chanceford, York county, farmer, was killed by lightning 
during Sunday's thunderstorm.

About 12 o'clock he and his wife walked out upon the covered porch on the front 
of their house and seated themselves on chairs, when the fatal bolt struck the 
house and flashed down upon the two.  Mrs. Miller was severely shocked, but 
suffered no injurious effects.  Her husband, however, was struck dead in his 
chair.

It is thought that a pair of steel rimmed spectacles which Miller wore proved 
the attraction which drew the stroke of lightning upon him.  Both frame and 
glasses were melted by the contact of the fluid.  He was about 56 years of age.

New Oxford Item, New Oxford, PA, July 28, 1899