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Show BOY KILLED IN YELLOWSTONE MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS YELLOWSTONE PARK, Wyo., July 8 au; Robert Ross Walker Jr., six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ross Walker of Billings, Mont., was killed near Yellowstone lake late last night when struck by a falling tree, park officials said here today. The boy was standing outside Sie cabin occupied by his parents and two sisters during an electrical elec-trical storm and was struck by a tree which fell after it had been struck by lightning. His skull was fractured. The storm was general throughout! through-out! the day. officials said, but became heavier as night approached. ap-proached. Telephone and telegraph tele-graph communication with outside points was completely down until this morning. Radios refused to work during the electrical bombardment. bom-bardment. Trees, struck by lightning, light-ning, blocked most of the highways. |