Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1892 — Another Death By Lightning. [ARTICLE]

Another Death By Lightning.

For the second time this year within the limits of Jasper county, death has resulted to a human being from the lightning stroke. The victim in this last case, was Henry Smith, who lived near DeMotte. He was engaged on-Wed-nesday of last week, his team putting up hay for parties nepr Stoutsberg. He . was assisted by Wm. Granger, of DeMotte. The two men were sitting on the hay wagon, close together, when the stroke came. It killed Sniith instantly and also both the horses. Granger was knocked senseless, and consideraby burned. Smith, the man killed, was a young married man, and leaves a wife and an infant child. He was the son of James Smith of Barkley Tp., and son-in-law of Alkanah Galbreath, of the same township. Since the above was in type, we have learned that Mr. Granger is badly paralyzed from the effects of the lightning. Also that the team that was killed was his property.