Leah Sims wrote:
Hello,
I am not related to the Carawan family. I saw this newspaper item and
thought someone might interested in it.
Leah
SCHOOL HOUSE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
The Washington (N. C.) Dispatch, states that the barn of Mr. Bernard
Carrowan, in which the common school was kept, was struck by lightning
on the 28th ult. There were about 50 pupils in school. Two boys,
Joseph, son of Hardy Leary, and William, son of Christopher Carrowan,
were killed, and two others were knocked down. The rest were unhurt.
Citation: The Albemarle Southron and Union Advocate (Elizabeth City),
19 October 1860, page 3, column 4.