No, they are safe, because the iron frame, completely surrounding the body, and having a great capacity for conduction, would keep the electricity away from the body.
605. Why is it safe to be in bed during an electric storm?
Because feathers, hair, wool, cotton, &c., especially when dry, are good insulators or non-conductors.
606. What is the safest situation to be in during an electric storm?
In the centre of a room, isolated as far as possible from surrounding objects; sitting on a chair, and avoiding handling any of the conducting substances. The windows and doors should be closed, to prevent drafts of air.
607. In the open air, what is the safest situation?
To keep aloof, as far as possible, from elevated structures; and regard the rain, though it might saturate our clothes, as a protection against the lightning stroke, for wet clothes would supply so good a conductor, that a large amount of electricity would pass over man's body, through wet garments, and he would be quite unconscious of it.
"God thundereth marvellously with his voice: great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend."—Job xxxvi.