Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 June 1920 — FORMER JASPER COUNTY BOY [ARTICLE]

FORMER JASPER COUNTY BOY

Has Close Call From Lightning In South Dakota. A Mitchell, S. I)., paper under date of June 12, has the following concerning a former resident of Barkley township. The Petersons moved from here to South Dakota three years ago: To be struck by lightning and suffer no other discomfort than a lame back and a slight burn on the arm, is the unusual experience of Jack Peterson, the 17-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Peterson, who live flve miles south of Mt. Vernon. Young” Peterson was struck about 4:30 o’clock Thursday afternoon while planting corn on his father's farm. The lad was setting the planter stakes at tho time he was hit. The bolt came after the storm had apparently passed and while the sun was shining brightly. The youth was unconscious for some time after he was carried to the farmhouse. The team of horses on the planter near him was killed Instantly. Mr. Peterson, who was on a tractor nearby, saw his jon ftll. The lad was thrown first forward and then backward, he said. \ The boy's two sisters in the yard also saw the horses and boy fall. With the help of neighbors he was brought to the house. His mind is clear, although a little dazed.