Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 192, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1918 — DEATH WHEN BARN BURNS. [ARTICLE]

DEATH WHEN BARN BURNS.

Mrs. Umphrey, aged about 55, who lived with her son, Carson Umphry, near Lakeside, ten miles northeast of Monon, died suddenly from heart trouble Wednesday evening. During the electrical storm at that time Carson’s barn was struck by lightning and completely destroyed by fire. The excitement incident to the fire, it is believed, brought on the heart trouble and death ensued before medical aid arrived. When she was stricken, Dr. Clayton was called, but the end came before he reached the house. Mrs. Umphry’s husband died several years ago, since which time she had lived with her son. She was in usual health prior to the occurrence of Wednesday evening, though she had been treated for heart trouble several years ago. t A horse was burned in the barn fire.