Show MISS THELMA TANNER STRUCK BY Y LIGHTNING L G UNCONSCIOUS SINCE TUESDAY AFTERNOON Miss Thelma Tanner 16 years old daughter of Mr and Mrs George A. A Tanner was struck by lightning last Tuesday afternoon about 5 o'clock a mile mUe or oo so east of the Upalco mills She was discovered in an unconscious unconscious' condition about an hour after At the time of go goIng going go- go Ing lag to press this afternoon she is still unconscious and the physician in charge Dr D. D P. P Whitmore of Roosevelt holds out but little hope for her recovery Miss Tanner had made a hurried trip to My ton on horseback ck a and d upon her return a a. th thunder storm came up to have The bolt of lightning seems burned a hole In the back of her head about the size of a dollar It then burned Its way lay down her back and in her hip made another hole The saddle was splintered in the rear by one fork of the fiery tongue and another fork found the heart of the horse killing him evidently in in- in David Tanner the young womans woman's brother states that she was picked I I up about fifteen feet from the ead I I horse Every stitch of clothing she wore wore was torn from her body bod and and Into small bits some no nu larger than j ja I a a. handkerchief He Her r l' s shoes shoes' h hoe o e s I I were ripped off The only S semblance ill of wearing apparel left w ws tvs s h r I I stockings which seemed not to have t I I been disturbed In any way About the same time that Miss iss j I I Tanner was as struck a girl 14 years years yeats old daughter of ot J. J D D. Morn near I Roosevelt was struCK She he was out in the field with her br thi r drowning prairie dogs wh-jn wh rhe rho storm broke It is said that fh rhe he has I last her hearing which mey nev never r be restored A doctor maKes tes a statement which will sound to some of us He says if she he happened happened hap hap- to be swallowing when w en she was struck her hearin will be re re- re stored |