Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 June 1899 — LIGHTNING INVADES A MINE. [ARTICLE]

LIGHTNING INVADES A MINE.

UteiiAni Working 125 Feet Below the Suffice Are Struck. A peculiar accident which took place iliiriug the heavy electric storm in Center fffqnt; has recently come to light. William Biu-holtz and Fred Muller, miners, wen* at work more than 125 feet below the surface, when a bolt of lightning struck the mouth of the shaft and following- the pipes down into the mine struck the men down unconscious. Both have recovered. This is the first time that men below the surface of the earth have been known to suffer from lightning.