Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 228, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1914 — Sight Lost and Restored. [ARTICLE]

Sight Lost and Restored.

Struck by lightning and blinded; ■track again and cored of hia blindness—this has been the extraordinary experience of a young Castleford (Ireland) miner named Isaac Barnes. Barnes was first struck when a storm was at its height. He received a severe shock, and, when he recovered Consciousness he was totally blind. The storm was renewed In Castleford on the following evening, exactly twenty-four hours later. At seven there was a vivid flash, and Barnes, who was lying in bed, was thrown to the floor. A moment later, to the amassment of " the others In the room, he exclaimed, “Thank God, 1 can see!” He la still suffering from nervous shock, bat It Is stated that he la progressing favorably and that his sight is normal. - * ‘ 4 4H9r