Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 148, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 June 1914 — LIGHTNING SHOCKS YOUTH; KILLS HORSES [ARTICLE]

LIGHTNING SHOCKS YOUTH; KILLS HORSES

Stanley Lane Had Close Gall Tuesday—W. H. Berry Lost Four Head of Good Stock.

Local showers Tuesday afternoon were accompanied by bolts of lightning that caused the death of four good horses for W. H. Berry, south of Pleasant Ridge, and almost caused the death of Stanley Lane, 20-year-old son of Joe Lane; who is working tor Jim Walters on the Lawler ranch northeast of the Ridge. Lane and several others had taken shelter in a corn crib when the rain came up. Lane wias the only one affected by the bolt of lightning. He was rendered unconscious and is now apparently entirely over the effects of the shock.

Mr. Berry’s horses were standing together when another holt of Hght= ning struck among them. All four were killed. There was one team of fine young horses, another 2-year-old and an aged mfare with a month-old colt. The colt, fortunately, was a slhort distance away and was uninjured. Mr. Berry had no insurance on the stock, which he valued at SSOO.