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Show LIGHTNING KILLS CHARLESTON MAN Charleston. Utah, Aug. 4. George Day bell, aged 61, a prominent rancher, 'and owner and capitalist of this re gion. was Instantly killed by ligh'-nlng ligh'-nlng at 5 o'clock this afternoon. Mr. Daybell was standing by a nearly i completed haystack, superintending Its "dressing ': when the bolt struck i him In the back of the neck, the current passing through his body, tearing off his shoes and throwing them several feet from where he fell j His 10-y ear-old granddaughter. Inez, who was playing near by. was shocked and rendered unconscious, and Parley McAfee, one of the stackers, also received a severe shock A pecnll ' arity of the thunderbolt lies in the fact that no rain was falling at the time the clouds overhead being only slightly threatening, while the elec trie storm which followed shortly i was Insignificant. Mr Daybell was n pioneer resident of Charleston and possessed extensive exten-sive Interests both in the town and through the valley He Is survived by the widow and three sons, Robert, j Fred and George W., all residents of this vicinity |