Texas Coaster, April 25, 1940:
Lightning claimed a victim near Richmond Wednesday morning about 9:00 o'clock when Juaquin Garza, Mexican farmer of Booth, was fatally burned while plowing his corn. Garza, 22, was a tenant on the Tom Booth Place and lived at Booth. When struck by the bolt of lightning, he was plowing in a field just behind the Crabb store. Garza was struck on the head and fatally burned to the waist.
The mule which Garza was driving, using a single sweepstock, was killed at the same time.
Lightning claimed a victim near Richmond Wednesday morning about 9:00 o'clock when Juaquin Garza, Mexican farmer of Booth, was fatally burned while plowing his corn. Garza, 22, was a tenant on the Tom Booth Place and lived at Booth. When struck by the bolt of lightning, he was plowing in a field just behind the Crabb store. Garza was struck on the head and fatally burned to the waist.
The mule which Garza was driving, using a single sweepstock, was killed at the same time.
Texas Coaster, April 25, 1940:
Lightning claimed a victim near Richmond Wednesday morning about 9:00 o'clock when Juaquin Garza, Mexican farmer of Booth, was fatally burned while plowing his corn. Garza, 22, was a tenant on the Tom Booth Place and lived at Booth. When struck by the bolt of lightning, he was plowing in a field just behind the Crabb store. Garza was struck on the head and fatally burned to the waist.
The mule which Garza was driving, using a single sweepstock, was killed at the same time.
Lightning claimed a victim near Richmond Wednesday morning about 9:00 o'clock when Juaquin Garza, Mexican farmer of Booth, was fatally burned while plowing his corn. Garza, 22, was a tenant on the Tom Booth Place and lived at Booth. When struck by the bolt of lightning, he was plowing in a field just behind the Crabb store. Garza was struck on the head and fatally burned to the waist.
The mule which Garza was driving, using a single sweepstock, was killed at the same time.
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