Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1899 — LIGHTNING INVADES A MINE. [ARTICLE]

LIGHTNING INVADES A MINE.

Two Men Working 125 Feet Below the Surface Are Struck. A peculiar accident which took place during the heavy electric storm in Center Point, has recently come to light. William Bucholtz and Fred Muller, miners, were 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.