| Show THE FATAL ACCIDENT AT MUM october 20 1881 F dator D deserea aseret news in the dispatch from Nephi on the tb e lith lith dinst published in the NEWS it is stated that george georgo james son of thomas and sophia belliston was killed lulled by lightning last night about 10 alclo 4 As it might ae I 1 e inferred that bro belliston Bell neli islon allows his children to run loose nt at late hours of the night which I 1 know is not the caseb case and that if he did not the accident would not have happened itis it is the tha earnest request ot of many friends friends that in justice injustice to brother belliston tile tilo fact that the accident occurred a few minutes after I 7 welock be besent sent bent to the NEWS for publication george and his younger brother John were running hand in hand to their grandm grand m and while george was speaking akini altini he was instantly killed by lightning his hia clothes were wore nearly burnt efland hla hia boots boats torn to topi pieces eco but nota noa particle of bf hia flesh was consumed ho he was born on the of oct 1870 john was knocked against dinst a shade tree and fell in the ditch ch at the same instant he saw by the light of the flash a door key and afterwards told a neighbor where to find it before J elliston who saw the accident could reach the spot john had bad crawled out of the ditch and cried for help exclaiming my brother is cheadl these facts show that he was wag not at any moment insensible although ho he was burnt from f rom the right hand to the armpit thence obliquely across the body and down tile left leg and his shoe torn oil his clothes were not injured the lightning struck the ground about three feet irom the trunk of a shade tree making a hole nearly a foot square and three inches deep the tree was waa uninjured J 0 B |
