Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-08-13 | Page 3 | Lightning on Pike's Peak

LIGHTNING ON PIKE'S PEAK Family Rendered Unconscious When Making Summit. COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo.. Aug. 12. Mrs. L. M. Cadwall and two sons, Roy and Ray, aged 15 and 10 years, of Des Moines. Ia., went through the thrilling experience of being struck by lightning on the side of Pike's peak and lived to complete the trip to the summit sum-mit and buck. They started lo -walk to the summit, and at Windy they were overtaken by an electrical storm, when a sudden flash ot lightning -sent them to the ground unconscious. They were found by a man walking down the cog road and taken to a near-by house, where they remained for the night. The woman was burned about the lower limbs, but was able to complete the walk to the summit, and returned here by train.