Eureka Reporter | 1909-06-25 | Page 2 | Lightning Strikes Sixteen Children

lightning strikes sixteen children sparta ga while sixteen children who were attending a sunday school picnic at martin springs near here were standing under a tree to escape a shower a bolt of lightning Ight ning struck the tree and every child was rendered unconscious when aid came the children were lying in a heap at the foot of the tree and all were apparent ly dead there were two doctors in the picnic parti parts and on examination they found that not one of the chil dren had been killed outright though six of them hae haie since died