Lightning

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Lightning has 40 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 22 references, with 3 live disagreements.

40 facts·36 predicates·22 sources·3 in dispute

Mostly:struck(3), passed down(2), struck corner of(2)

Inbound mentions (52)

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`struckBy`Struck by(12)

Brick Chimney Mr Hartleyex:brick-chimney-mr-hartley
Chimney Hartleyex:chimney-hartley
Goannaex:goanna
House Indooroopillyex:house-indooroopilly
Mr S W Hartley Chimneyex:mr-s-w-hartley-chimney
Orphanage Berthex:orphanage-berth
Planters Cotton Seed Oil Worksex:planters-cotton-seed-oil-works
Salvation Army Barracksex:salvation-army-barracks
Salvation Army Barracks Crookwellex:salvation-army-barracks-crookwell
Sea Hill Flagstaffex:sea-hill-flagstaff
Standard Oil Worksex:standard-oil-works
Telegraph Polesex:telegraph-poles

`rodeHorse`Rode Horse(4)

Joeex:joe
Joeex:joe
Joeex:joe
Joeex:joe

`accompaniedBy`Accompanied by(3)

Fine Showerex:fine-shower
Heavy Galeex:heavy-gale
Wind Storm Rockhamptonex:wind-storm-rockhampton

`killedBy`Killed by(3)

Adam Bruceex:adam-bruce
Mrs Edward Manningex:mrs-edward-manning
Siemonex:siemon

`cause`Cause(2)

Planters Cotton Seed Oil Works Fireex:planters-cotton-seed-oil-works-fire
Splintered Porthole Glassex:splintered-porthole-glass

`coversDamageBy`Covers Damage by(2)

Atlas Assurance Company of Londonex:atlas-assurance-company-of-london
Atlas Fire Assurance Companyex:atlas-fire-assurance-company

`damagedBy`Damaged by(2)

Mr J Pfaff Cottageex:mr-j-pfaff-cottage
Telegraph Poleex:telegraph-pole

`rode`Rode(2)

Joeex:joe
Joeex:joe

`struckDeadBy`Struck Dead by(2)

James Mintoshex:james-mintosh
James Mintosh Horseex:james-mintosh-horse

`affectedBy`Affected by(1)

Third Engineer Barcooex:third-engineer-barcoo

`bottomForcedOutBy`Bottom Forced Out by(1)

Iron Tank Pfaffex:iron-tank-pfaff

`brickChimneyStruckBy`Brick Chimney Struck by(1)

Mr S W Hartley Residenceex:mr-s-w-hartley-residence

`causedBy`Caused by(1)

Large Trees Destroyed by Lightningex:large-trees-destroyed-by-lightning

`causedNoPropertyDamage`Caused No Property Damage(1)

Thunderstormex:thunderstorm

`coversLossFrom`Covers Loss From(1)

Fire Policiesex:fire-policies

`escapedInjury`Escaped Injury(1)

Family Macnamaraex:family-macnamara

`featuredLightning`Featured Lightning(1)

Thunderstorm Toowoomba 25 Feb 1886ex:thunderstorm-toowoomba-25-feb-1886

`featuredVividLightning`Featured Vivid Lightning(1)

Cooktown Thunderstorm Nightex:cooktown-thunderstorm-night

`features`Features(1)

Obsidianex:obsidian

`houseStruckBy`House Struck by(1)

Mr Joseph Macnamaraex:mr-joseph-macnamara

`possiblyCausedBy`Possibly Caused by(1)

Kodfern Shed Fireex:kodfern-shed-fire

`purchasedWith`Purchased With(1)

Stake and Shakeex:stake-and-shake

`statesPurpose`States Purpose(1)

Log Entry 2026 02 12 21:04ex:log-entry-2026-02-12-21:04

`statesRequirement`States Requirement(1)

Log Entry 2026 02 12 21:04ex:log-entry-2026-02-12-21:04

`struckByLightning`Struck by Lightning(1)

Tree Red Hillex:tree-red-hill

`wasCompletelyFused`Was Completely Fused(1)

Pewter Inkstandex:pewter-inkstand

`wasKilledBy`Was Killed by(1)

George Walkerex:george-walker

`wasStunnedBy`Was Stunned by(1)

Charles Drewesex:charles-drewes

`wouldHaveBeenKilled`Would Have Been Killed(1)

Mr Landseyex:mr-landsey

Other facts (40)

The long tail: predicates that appear too rarely to warrant their own section. Filter or scroll to find a specific one. Each row links to its source.

40 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Struck	Mr Joseph Macnamara Residence	[6]
Struck	Telegraph Wire	[6]
Struck	Tree Opposite Mr Chapmans Store	[9]
Passed Down	Wire Stays	[11]
Passed Down	Spouting	[13]
Struck Corner of	Mr J Pfaff Cottage	[13]
Struck Corner of	Cottage Mr J Pfaff	[19]
Causes	Time Rewind	[1]
Flew in All Directions	true	[2]
Dazzles	Third Engineer Barcoo	[3]
Ontological Force	causes chain reactions	[4]
Struck Corner of Building	passed down spouting to iron tank	[4]
Extremely Brilliant	{}	[5]
Tore	Large Ripplers	[6]
Caused No Further Damage	Known Damage	[6]
Struck Horse on	fore part of body	[7]
Very Vivid and Close	null	[8]
Was Very Vivid and Close	null	[8]
Split	Tree Opposite Mr Chapmans Store	[9]
Passed Near	Mr Chapmans Residence	[9]
Dangerous	true	[10]
Caused by	Storm Event	[11]
Struck Spouting	House Corner Spouting	[9]
Did Minimal Damage	Lightning Struck House	[9]
Ran Down Pipe	House Pipe to Drain	[9]
No Harm to Persons	{}	[12]
Passed Down Spouting Into	Iron Tank	[12]
Forced Bottom Out of	Iron Tank	[13]
Caused Death to Animals But Not Human	null	[14]
Entered Gundiah Telegraph Office	Wires	[15]
Shivered Little Foal	Thunderstorm	[16]
Found As Foal After	Thunderstorm	[16]
Entered	Gundiah Telegraph Office	[17]
Blackened	Operators Instrument	[17]
Found As Foal After Storm	thunderstorm	[18]
Caused No Harm to Persons	null	[19]
Passed Down Spouting Into Iron Tank	null	[19]
Entered Telegraph Office	Gundiah	[20]
Found As	shivering little foal after a terrible thunderstorm	[21]
Rdf:type	Technology	[22]

Timeline axis is valid_time — when each source says the fact was true in the world, not when Dontopedia learned about it. Retracted rows are kept for provenance; coloured stripes indicate the context kind.

40 undated

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causesblah/omega/part-510

ex:time-rewind

—

flewInAllDirectionstrove-cooktown/cingalese

true

—

dazzlestrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:third-engineer-barcoo

—

ontologicalForcetrove-cooktown/family-hotel-cooktown

causes chain reactions

—

struckCornerOfBuildingtrove-cooktown/family-hotel-cooktown

passed down spouting to iron tank

—

extremelyBrillianttrove-cooktown/aboriginal-exploitation

{}

—

strucktrove-cooktown/watkins

ex:mr-joseph-macnamara-residence

—

strucktrove-cooktown/watkins

ex:telegraph-wire

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toretrove-cooktown/watkins

ex:large-ripplers

—

causedNoFurtherDamagetrove-cooktown/watkins

ex:known-damage

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struckHorseOntrove-cooktown/nunn

fore part of body

—

veryVividAndClosetrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

null

—

wasVeryVividAndClosetrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

null

—

splittrove-cooktown/reynolds

ex:tree-opposite-mr-chapmans-store

—

strucktrove-cooktown/reynolds

ex:tree-opposite-mr-chapmans-store

—

passedNeartrove-cooktown/reynolds

ex:mr-chapmans-residence

—

dangerouslaura-corridor

true

—

causedBylaura-corridor/loop8-protector-reports

ex:storm-event

—

passedDownlaura-corridor/loop8-protector-reports

ex:wire-stays

—

struckSpoutingtrove-cooktown/reynolds

ex:house-corner-spouting

—

didMinimalDamagetrove-cooktown/reynolds

ex:lightning-struck-house

—

ranDownPipetrove-cooktown/reynolds

ex:house-pipe-to-drain

—

noHarmToPersonsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/3646292-c3dfeffcc617

{}

—

passedDownSpoutingIntorosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/3646292-c3dfeffcc617

ex:iron-tank

—

passedDownrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/05-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-3646292-54bf4f6bfcbd

ex:spouting

—

forcedBottomOutOfrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/05-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-3646292-54bf4f6bfcbd

ex:iron-tank

—

struckCornerOfrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/05-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-3646292-54bf4f6bfcbd

ex:mr-j-pfaff-cottage

—

causedDeathToAnimalsButNotHumanrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/05-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-52024087-bc8a054339f3

null

—

enteredGundiahTelegraphOfficerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/10-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-292610051-f91264f82e17

ex:wires

—

shiveredLittleFoalrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/001-www-chapelhill-homeip-net-familyhistory-other-queenslandhistory-palmerdayschap3-htm-htm-extracted-3d8dd7cd0439

ex:thunderstorm

—

foundAsFoalAfterrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/001-www-chapelhill-homeip-net-familyhistory-other-queenslandhistory-palmerdayschap3-htm-htm-extracted-3d8dd7cd0439

ex:thunderstorm

—

enteredrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/14-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-292610051-ebcab6e927b9

ex:gundiah-telegraph-office

—

blackenedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/14-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-292610051-ebcab6e927b9

ex:operators-instrument

—

foundAsFoalAfterStormrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/palmer-days-chapter-owen-reynolds-carrier-hotel-line-later-cooktown

thunderstorm

—

struckCornerOfrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/local-trove-owen-reynolds-police-aboriginal

ex:cottage-mr-j-pfaff

—

causedNoHarmToPersonsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/local-trove-owen-reynolds-police-aboriginal

null

—

passedDownSpoutingIntoIronTankrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/local-trove-owen-reynolds-police-aboriginal

null

—

enteredTelegraphOfficerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/local-trove-high-confidence-reynolds-aboriginal-name-candidates

ex:gundiah

—

foundAsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archives-2026-05-05-2026-05-06-batch-5d83700e6a86

shivering little foal after a terrible thunderstorm

—

typeblah/resources/40

ex:Technology

References (22)

22 references

[1]Part 5101 fact
ctx:discord/blah/omega/part-510
[2]Cingalese1 fact
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/cingalese
[3]Beche De Mer1 fact
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
[4]Family Hotel Cooktown2 facts
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/family-hotel-cooktown
[5]Aboriginal Exploitation1 fact
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/aboriginal-exploitation
[6]Watkins4 facts
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/watkins
[7]Nunn1 fact
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/nunn
[8]North Shore Full2 facts
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/north-shore-full
[9]Reynolds6 facts
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/reynolds
[10]Laura Corridor1 fact
ctx:genes/laura-corridor
[11]Loop8 Protector Reports2 facts
ctx:genes/laura-corridor/loop8-protector-reports
[12]3646292 C3dfeffcc6172 facts
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/3646292-c3dfeffcc617
[13]05 Trove Nla Gov Au Newspaper Article 3646292 54bf4f6bfcbd3 facts
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/05-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-3646292-54bf4f6bfcbd
[14]05 Trove Nla Gov Au Newspaper Article 52024087 Bc8a054339f31 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/05-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-52024087-bc8a054339f3
[15]10 Trove Nla Gov Au Newspaper Article 292610051 F91264f82e171 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/10-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-292610051-f91264f82e17
[16]001 Www Chapelhill Homeip Net Familyhistory Other Queenslandhistory Palmerdayschap3 Htm Htm Extracted 3d8dd7cd04392 facts
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/001-www-chapelhill-homeip-net-familyhistory-other-queenslandhistory-palmerdayschap3-htm-htm-extracted-3d8dd7cd0439
[17]14 Trove Nla Gov Au Newspaper Article 292610051 Ebcab6e927b92 facts
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/14-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-292610051-ebcab6e927b9
[18]Palmer Days Chapter Owen Reynolds Carrier Hotel Line Later Cooktown1 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/palmer-days-chapter-owen-reynolds-carrier-hotel-line-later-cooktown
[19]Local Trove Owen Reynolds Police Aboriginal3 facts
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/local-trove-owen-reynolds-police-aboriginal
[20]Local Trove High Confidence Reynolds Aboriginal Name Candidates1 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/local-trove-high-confidence-reynolds-aboriginal-name-candidates
[21]Downloaded Archives 2026 05 05 2026 05 06 Batch 5d83700e6a861 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archives-2026-05-05-2026-05-06-batch-5d83700e6a86
[22]401 fact
ctx:discord/blah/resources/40
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Inbound mentions (52)

struckByStruck by(12)

rodeHorseRode Horse(4)

accompaniedByAccompanied by(3)

killedByKilled by(3)

causeCause(2)

coversDamageByCovers Damage by(2)

damagedByDamaged by(2)

rodeRode(2)

struckDeadByStruck Dead by(2)

affectedByAffected by(1)

bottomForcedOutByBottom Forced Out by(1)

brickChimneyStruckByBrick Chimney Struck by(1)

causedByCaused by(1)

causedNoPropertyDamageCaused No Property Damage(1)

coversLossFromCovers Loss From(1)

escapedInjuryEscaped Injury(1)

featuredLightningFeatured Lightning(1)

featuredVividLightningFeatured Vivid Lightning(1)

featuresFeatures(1)

houseStruckByHouse Struck by(1)

possiblyCausedByPossibly Caused by(1)

purchasedWithPurchased With(1)

statesPurposeStates Purpose(1)

statesRequirementStates Requirement(1)

struckByLightningStruck by Lightning(1)

wasCompletelyFusedWas Completely Fused(1)

wasKilledByWas Killed by(1)

wasStunnedByWas Stunned by(1)

wouldHaveBeenKilledWould Have Been Killed(1)

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References (22)

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`struckBy`Struck by(12)

`rodeHorse`Rode Horse(4)

`accompaniedBy`Accompanied by(3)

`killedBy`Killed by(3)

`cause`Cause(2)

`coversDamageBy`Covers Damage by(2)

`damagedBy`Damaged by(2)

`rode`Rode(2)

`struckDeadBy`Struck Dead by(2)

`affectedBy`Affected by(1)

`bottomForcedOutBy`Bottom Forced Out by(1)

`brickChimneyStruckBy`Brick Chimney Struck by(1)

`causedBy`Caused by(1)

`causedNoPropertyDamage`Caused No Property Damage(1)

`coversLossFrom`Covers Loss From(1)

`escapedInjury`Escaped Injury(1)

`featuredLightning`Featured Lightning(1)

`featuredVividLightning`Featured Vivid Lightning(1)

`features`Features(1)

`houseStruckBy`House Struck by(1)

`possiblyCausedBy`Possibly Caused by(1)

`purchasedWith`Purchased With(1)

`statesPurpose`States Purpose(1)

`statesRequirement`States Requirement(1)

`struckByLightning`Struck by Lightning(1)

`wasCompletelyFused`Was Completely Fused(1)

`wasKilledBy`Was Killed by(1)

`wasStunnedBy`Was Stunned by(1)

`wouldHaveBeenKilled`Would Have Been Killed(1)