Strehlow, Bertha W.

1885 - 1924  (~ 38 years)

• Name	Strehlow, Bertha W.
  Birth	Dec 1885	Prussia
  Gender	Female
  Census	1900	North Tonawanda, Niagara, New York, United States
  Census	1920	Tonawanda, Erie, New York, United States
  Death	1924	Tonawanda, Erie, New York, United States   [1]
  Burial	1924	Kenmore, Erie, New York, United States   [1]
  Notes	The Tonawanda News Jul 18, 1905 MRS. PHILIP LANG STRUCK BY BOLT OF LIGHTNING Shock Broke Every Pane of Glass in Five Windows and Melted Works of Clock - Dog Under Bed is Stone Deaf - Church Struck Shortly after 10 o'clock last evening, during the severe electrical storm which visited the Tonawandas, the house at 170 Broad street, occupied by Philip A. Lang, was struck by lightning and some of the queerest pranks were cut up. A bolt struck the northeast corner of the house, entered the front room of the second story, shattered five windows, and played havoc with the furnishings. Mrs. Lang, who was sleeping in the room at the time, miraculously escaped death, but lost the use of her left ear, and this morning has her whole left side affected with a peculiar numbness. After the electricity had passed out of the house, Mrs. Lang got up from the bed, lighted a lamp, and in her bare feet walked over the debris of broken glass, window sash, and nails without receiving so much as a scratch. When she came down stairs, she fainted in the arms of a neighbor. A dog which was sleeping under the bed occupied by Mrs. Lang, was stricken deaf by the shock. Wherever the lightning played about the room, it left a bluish brown track, and a smell of sulpher. Plaster was ripped from the walls, and the works of a clock which was struck were melted and run together. Besides the four windows in the room, one in the hall just outside the door was shattered. In places the electric fluid bored holes, an inch or so in diameter, through the w%Ua, while elsewhere it burst casements or corners. In its endeavor to get free. The shock was so severe that several people within the block felt its force. A man was sitting on a veranda across the street was turned completely around in his chair. A prominent physician was affected with a numbness of his left arm for more than as hour afterward, and a woman residing near was badly shocked. Mrs. Lang was able to be up this morning, and it is thought that aside from losing the hearing of hlr left ear, she will experience no serious results. - The Tonawanda News Jan 24 , 1908 BABY DIES The infaut daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Lang of Broad street died yesterday afternoon. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon and interment will be made at Salem Cemetery.
  Person ID	I21949	haseley
  Last Modified	4 Jun 2011

  
  

  Father	Strehlow, Frederick J.,   b. Feb 1845, Germany d. 31 Dec 1916, Tonawanda, Erie, New York, United States (Age ~ 71 years)
  Mother	Zielke, Wilhelmina C.,   b. Jul 1849, Johannisberg, Rheingaukreis, Germany d. 15 Oct 1931, Tonawanda, Erie, New York, United States (Age ~ 82 years)
  Marriage	1874
  Family ID	F7786	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lang, Philip A.,   b. 1883, New York, United States d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Lang, Vera,   b. 1907, Tonawanda, Erie, New York, United States d. Yes, date unknown   2. Lang, Philip K.,   b. 1910, Tonawanda, Erie, New York, United States d. Yes, date unknown   3. Lang, Magdelena Elinor,   b. 1912, Tonawanda, Erie, New York, United States d. Yes, date unknown   4. Lang, Arnold L.,   b. 1918, Tonawanda, Erie, New York, United States d. 20 Jan 1975, North Tonawanda, Niagara, New York, United States (Age 57 years)
  Family ID	F7791	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Birth - Dec 1885 - Prussia Census - 1900 - North Tonawanda, Niagara, New York, United States Census - 1920 - Tonawanda, Erie, New York, United States Death - 1924 - Tonawanda, Erie, New York, United States Burial - 1924 - Kenmore, Erie, New York, United States  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S7] Tonawanda News.