| Show ASTLE DALE MAN IS KILLED BY I 1 ju awis vis larsen Is struck down while sitting in granary door his brother Is badly injured but not serious lewis larsen lamen was wai instantly killed j his brother hans badly injured hale sitting in the door of the theoran gran y at hans f farm arm two ml miles les south town ton at about 2 yes cs rjay friday afternoon by a lt it of lightning says the castle lie ale progress hans wa able to t tup up and try to help his brother d also call for help ills cries at acted the attention of fred lara and jack vance who were at e formers corral a quarter quarte of a ie le eat and they hastened to the ene but to care for hans and ne me to town ton for help was cill all they jid aid do as lewis was dead when ey arrn arrived ed it is the opinion of oe o e who ho first examined the dead lead ar that the lightning his ck causing instant death HelpA help went ent to the stricken men as st as horses could carry them and r tinges wab was soon there orly to d his sen ser ices of no avail except to i e for the more fortunate lort of the others they were brought to TO wn and cared for nt tit the andersen itel tel lewis larsen bung a sonin son in bof nars andersen it was vas only a light alight shower of ran rain ri a the one sharp streak of lightn ig was ane only serious u one the others were sitting in the door of ie e granary a stated to avoid the lower ower an examination of the lilam iding which la is built of part ame e and part adobe shows a curi es s freak no trace of an opening mere ere the bolt entered can be found lie roof of the building is corriga d iron and not u h corner of it is torn tote the chimney is slightly shat td ed but that the lighting did not p down the chimney is evidenced by the fact falt that a rag is stuck in th pipe hole which had not been disturbed directly over oner the door in which hah they sat is a 12 light window w not a glass of which was cracked neither is the ceiling clacked or splintered in any way at yit t in spite of the fact that no opining can be faund other than the door by which it could hive have entered there are plenty of places where it got oat on the wc big ing hole where the dobies and splinters are blow blou r out for four or five rods also au similar signs on the ast tat all of which looks as though the bolt entered at the door and parsed out through the west side this accident has spead over cas cast ie dale like a pal pall and work u ork and business is pra sui suspended pend everywhere the deepest def pest sym pathy is felt tor for the young wife and other borrowing re latles to whom the loss is the keenest lewis lowis lir 1 irsell hid lived here many years u lie I 1 I 1 e had hosts of f friends and a keen genbe ot of lobs loss la ib felt by the whole people he fie was in the prime of life beins only about 35 ears of age he ile had a nice nwe farm on the bench which he waa fixing up and expecting to enjoy for many years y since the above was put into type we are able to report that hana hans larsen is practically aill uninjured he lie saya says that when he first came to after the shock they were both lying en cri their backs in the door that he could see his brother but could not speak or move when he did get up he pitched over forward but buthis wis soon able to try to bring his brother to life |
