Dav. Democrat - June 16, 1857
Man Killed by Lightning --- On Sunday last, about noon, as a son of Mr. James Burnsides, at Blue Grass in this county, with some thirteen to fifteen persons were passing around the corner of a building at Blue Grass, the electric fluid struck the building near said corner, and passing from the building took fatal effect upon young Burnside, killing him instantly, and seriously, if not fatally, injuring several of the other persons in the company.
Man Killed by Lightning --- On Sunday last, about noon, as a son of Mr. James Burnsides, at Blue Grass in this county, with some thirteen to fifteen persons were passing around the corner of a building at Blue Grass, the electric fluid struck the building near said corner, and passing from the building took fatal effect upon young Burnside, killing him instantly, and seriously, if not fatally, injuring several of the other persons in the company.
Dav. Democrat - June 16, 1857
Man Killed by Lightning --- On Sunday last, about noon, as a son of Mr. James Burnsides, at Blue Grass in this county, with some thirteen to fifteen persons were passing around the corner of a building at Blue Grass, the electric fluid struck the building near said corner, and passing from the building took fatal effect upon young Burnside, killing him instantly, and seriously, if not fatally, injuring several of the other persons in the company.
Man Killed by Lightning --- On Sunday last, about noon, as a son of Mr. James Burnsides, at Blue Grass in this county, with some thirteen to fifteen persons were passing around the corner of a building at Blue Grass, the electric fluid struck the building near said corner, and passing from the building took fatal effect upon young Burnside, killing him instantly, and seriously, if not fatally, injuring several of the other persons in the company.
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Killed by lightning while tending Sabbath School.
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