Show republican special service preston ida aug IS two men were shuck by lightning and killed instantly near here today during a brief but fielce electrical storm rudolph petersen 20 years old was working with his father mixing mortar when the storm arose A bolt of lightning petersen ind and lie he fell dead ills father who was inside the house was rendered unconscious and did not know of his sons death until more than an ail hour later the second victim was hans peterson who was working in a hay field at mink creek a few miles from town hans peterson was on oil top or of a hay stack when the bolt dec decender ended killing him instantly the lifeless body rolled from the stack which took fire instantly it was only with difficulty that the body was recovered as the men who were working near tho the victim were either dazed or stunned by the bolt the brief storm was one of tile the most remarkable ever experienced in this neighborhood there was no rain and the storm gathered without warning and disappeared as quickly as it gathered jo in two hours time thre there remained no BO trace of the disturbance inter mountain republican |