Show two hundred people struck by lightning one being killed and a score injured crowd was assembled at race track in utah town watching a face when the bolt came without a moments not ce highfield utah lightning from a clear sky hurled persons to the ground killing one tuesday after noon another will probably die twenty six more are injured several of them badly the bolt fell in the midst of 2 people all crowded close to the rail of the new race track they were watching the beginning of the day s third trotting race it came without warning A terrific report startled the thousands halt dazed by its anten sity those who had escaped the shock caught their scattered senses to see maddened horses dashing in all diorec eions through the crowd while men and women lay prostrate the bolt came from a broad strip of clear sky between two approaching cloud masses its explosion when it struck on a wagon was the first warn ing ot its presence the ground had been wet by light showers and the electricity scattered over the grass in blue flames that knocked down stunned and burned victims on all sides it ripped wagon wheels and seats and shattered the track fence the crowd had gathered at the new fair grounds they had come from many surround ng points in honor of utah commercial travelers day the races were the main thing of interest and they had crowded close to the track all along whose circuit they were strung when the bolt struck some thought dynamite had exploded others thought it was a giant firecracker A rush toward the place followed as soon as people recovered their senses horses were running madly some dragging carriages and others loose women and children shrieked with terror the area over which the shock was felt extended about yards each way A number of wagons and car biages in this area were broken by the force of the lightning mrs A D was in a sur rey with her family of children when the bolt tell the horse ran away and the vehicle was overturned mrs was badly injured as was a little girl the mother s nose was cut oft H 8 ivie a horseman who had just lined up his sulky for the start had a strange experience his animal was dazed for several seconds as was the driver both came to about the same time and the horse bolted at once still halt dazed the driver held grimly to the reins and guided the horse around the track by the time his wits fully came to him he had the brute under control the new fair grounds the scene of the accident are about three miles from town after the first shock sustained by the throng assistance was given to the injured it was found that altus bean of richfield 19 years of age was dead among the most seriously injured are dwight bean will ably die clothes all torn off mrs williams badly shocked and burned about head and back mrs harry E mills richfield bad ly shocked and burned about left side mrs A 0 richfield cut off inez dark richfield shocked burned over head child of mrs internal ly hurt W E ashmus hair burned off badly shocked archie anderson glenwood hair burned from head badly shocked all the above are still confined to taci beds there were about a score of other less seriously injured |