Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1898 — Ten Cattle Killed By Lightning. [ARTICLE]

Ten Cattle Killed By Lightning.

About as big a slaughter for one stroke of lightning as is often heard of, occurred during the storm Monday night, in Barkley. Ten head of grown cattle were killed by a single stroke of lightning on the James T. Randle farm. They belonged to his son Thomas Randle. There is a black oak tree standing ‘.right in line of a board fence, and under this tree the cattle had taken shelter during the storm. Five were found in a bunch together on one side of the fence, under the tree, and five on the other side. The animals that were killed were cows, heifers and steers. ()f course they were a complete loss, except their hides, which were saved.