Show LIGHTNING KILLS YOUNG MAN LOCAL J. J HIGH S. S SHARP VICTIM OF BOLT Benjamin S. S and Raymond G. G Hite Sleeping in Same Tent Escape Uninjured HAPPENED AT LOFGREEN Decedent Had Been Making Arrangements Arrangements Arrangements Ar Ar- to Harvest Crop Was Princeton Graduate IOU S. S SHARP aged 30 O years son on of ot H HIGH Dr Dr- Drand and Mrs Irl J. J Steward Sharp of ot the Kensington apartments and a a. graduate graduate grad grad- of ot Princeton when Woodrow Wilson Wil Wil- 11 son on served a as president of or that Institution Institution tion was instantly killed by br a a. bolt of lightning lightning- at 1030 o'clock clock Saturday I nl night ht while sleeping In a tent on his wheat ranch two and one half miles Ie West of Lofgreen county Mr lr Sharp who vho recently purchased 1000 acres of ot land near Lofgreen was as completing arrangements to harvest his first crop of wheat t and It Is 18 reported that he ho was highly elated over ills His success success success suc suc- cess ns as s a farmer H lie He- was being helm as assisted as- as at iho tho wheat ranch b by Benjamin S S. and Raymond G. G HUe aged 17 7 and 1 18 respectively ons eons of ot Ben G. G lute JUte a local newspaper mari man They were sleeping on 01 eIther cither r side Id of him In Inthe th the tent when the tho fatal bolt of ot lightning lightnIng lightning light light- ning ning- crashed through h the tent and killed him Instantly The lUte boys bos Wern ern blinded and deafened but soon na Raymond first t recovered reco from the shock hock and pointing upward called caned the Attention of his brother to a fl great hole bob which had bG been n burnt In the root roof of the tent Almost Almot simultaneously It dawned ned on Benjamin lute that Mr Ir- Ir Sharp was as lying hin between them very ery He tried to arOl arouse e him hirn but there came no flO response RB Ray flay ho Ie called caned to his hr brother ther I UJ think that Mr Sharp Shap Is d dead ad Still dazed from the tho hock of tho the bolt of lightning which had killed Mr Ir Sharp the hOYa boys Ut lit a. a lantern under pe peculiar pe- pe culiar cullu circumstances 5 in which they the found it difficult to move their limbs But finally the they succeeded and saw aw tho body of Mr Ir Sharp Ho He showed no sign of lIfo life and It Iti StI apparent that he died Instantly Raymond Ramond HUe Hite rushed to the main ranch house houe and found J. J Steward Sharp SharpS Jr aged TI n jears brother of or orthe the dead dud man and E. E H. H Springer Jr the ranch foreman awake Both had b been en the crash of tho the light light- I and by the attending brilliant l display Bod Body Brought to It Lake The foreman an and the Sharp boy bor ran t to tho the tent teat and after nIte- making g an examination exam exam- of or tho the bod body r removed mo It to the main ranch house Then the three boys walked to Lofgreen on the Bait Batt Lako Route and aroused H. H L. L Lofgreen The latter drove dro to the Sharp ranch in an automobile Undertaker ker S. S D D. Evans in Salt SaH Lake Lako wn was telephoned yesterday anti and the bod body was M placed in the automobile and driven toward Salt SnIt Lake The Tho undertaker met the automobile at Tooele and the body was placed In a J. J casket and re removed removed removed re- re moved to Salt Lake It arrived In Salt Lake shortly before noon yesterday Whon When Mr Mrs Sharp was Informed of the fatal accident to her son she abe be became became be- be came overcome b by grief and a physician clan cian had to be called to her apartment at the Kensington Mr Sharp father of the young Toung ranchman la is at Highland Highland High High- land Park Ill A message telling of the tho tragic death of or his son was sent to him yesterday noon he replied he will win be in Salt Lake tomorrow Until his arrival hers here no no effort efort will bo be made to complete funeral arrange arrange- me ments Morn Horn In ID Salt Snit Lake l High S S. Sharp was born in Salt Lal Lake e May Ia 25 26 1885 1825 He was vas educated In the schools of the city and on finishing In pr preparatory schools attended Princeton where he graduated In law He practiced practiced In Salt Lake about one oe year vear when he began centering Interest In the development of onyx quarries owned by his father tathel Later Laler- he diverted his Interest to the raising raising- of 01 wheat on an extensive e scale He was connected with tho the First LI Light ht Field artillery of 01 the Utah national guard several Ke years ears Beside Heldo his parents Mr Ir Sharp Is survived survived sur sur- b by the brother who ho was at nt the ranch at nt tho the time of the tho fatality Another Another An An- other brother R Ray Sharp died several years ago ngo J. J Steward Sharp Tr said last ast night that he left his brother less than half an nn hour before tho lightning struck and that he tried to on him to In the ranch house because It appeared ap ap- ap- ap that a. a storm YaK wax developing lie He replied d that it would be much cooler cool cool- er r In tho tent I T I. I H HIGH S. S SHARP top tap victim j I I of lightning bolt as ns he lp- lp J ap-J lpt in inthe the uniform of the national national na- na I t guard of which he was a n. n G. G i member Center Raymond lute Hite and belo below beio Benjamin u S. S Hite Rite who were sleeping in tent one on eit either er side sille of Mr Sharp when he lie was killed I 4 r i. i I f of 9 A 4 7 I i I II I ri H r t tI 1 ir 1 I I H 1 4 |