Sidney, OH Lightning Strike, July 1912
Posted October 19th, 2007 by Stu Beitler
KILLED AT SIDNEY
Lightning Strikes Into Crowd of Little Ball Players.
(By United Press.)
Sidney, O., July 5 -- MILDRED KASER, 10 years old, was instantly killed; RUTH CRITION, aged 11, LENA WODDELL, 14, TILE GESTRNER, 15, FRED TROESTER, 11, and KROEMER BRANDT, 10, were injured Friday when a bolt of lightning struck them while playing ball. The KASER girl was knock down an embankment. The CRITION and WODDELL girls were unconscious for several hours from the shock, but are now considered out of danger.
The Lima News Ohio 1912-07-06
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Researched and Transcribed by Stu Beitler. Thank you, Stu!
Ohio Storms & Lightning 1912
Posted October 19th, 2007 by Stu Beitler
KILLED AT SIDNEY
Lightning Strikes Into Crowd of Little Ball Players.
(By United Press.)
Sidney, O., July 5 -- MILDRED KASER, 10 years old, was instantly killed; RUTH CRITION, aged 11, LENA WODDELL, 14, TILE GESTRNER, 15, FRED TROESTER, 11, and KROEMER BRANDT, 10, were injured Friday when a bolt of lightning struck them while playing ball. The KASER girl was knock down an embankment. The CRITION and WODDELL girls were unconscious for several hours from the shock, but are now considered out of danger.
The Lima News Ohio 1912-07-06
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Researched and Transcribed by Stu Beitler. Thank you, Stu!
Ohio Storms & Lightning 1912
Sidney, OH Lightning Strike, July 1912
Posted October 19th, 2007 by Stu Beitler
KILLED AT SIDNEY
Lightning Strikes Into Crowd of Little Ball Players.
(By United Press.)
Sidney, O., July 5 -- MILDRED KASER, 10 years old, was instantly killed; RUTH CRITION, aged 11, LENA WODDELL, 14, TILE GESTRNER, 15, FRED TROESTER, 11, and KROEMER BRANDT, 10, were injured Friday when a bolt of lightning struck them while playing ball. The KASER girl was knock down an embankment. The CRITION and WODDELL girls were unconscious for several hours from the shock, but are now considered out of danger.
The Lima News Ohio 1912-07-06
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Researched and Transcribed by Stu Beitler. Thank you, Stu!
Ohio Storms & Lightning 1912
Posted October 19th, 2007 by Stu Beitler
KILLED AT SIDNEY
Lightning Strikes Into Crowd of Little Ball Players.
(By United Press.)
Sidney, O., July 5 -- MILDRED KASER, 10 years old, was instantly killed; RUTH CRITION, aged 11, LENA WODDELL, 14, TILE GESTRNER, 15, FRED TROESTER, 11, and KROEMER BRANDT, 10, were injured Friday when a bolt of lightning struck them while playing ball. The KASER girl was knock down an embankment. The CRITION and WODDELL girls were unconscious for several hours from the shock, but are now considered out of danger.
The Lima News Ohio 1912-07-06
__________________
Researched and Transcribed by Stu Beitler. Thank you, Stu!
Ohio Storms & Lightning 1912
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She was playing in a field and was struck by lightening when a sudden summer storm came up. I remember my grandmother talking about her cousin who was killed when struck by lightening.
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