Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-09-18
A Terrible Lightning Bolt.


The Candy (Miss.) Nens contains the
following particulars Of the death by
lightning of MrB. Lc Suer, her two-ycar
Old child and little girl named Drickcn
At the time Ofthe casualty Mr.. IL Suer
was on the right side Of the front scat,
driving, and viii Date was sitting at
ms lett, with the three little boys that
escaped uninjured sitting in front Of
them. under the buffalo robe. Mrs.
IL Sucr was on the light side Of the front
seat, holding her infant child on her lap,
and carrying over her left shoulder "A
metnllic-pointed sunshade. Immediately
at her left sat her two-ycar old girl.
Mabel; Mt the end Of the seaA Rosa
Dricken was sitting. tits evident from
the appearance Of the corpse that Mrs.
le Suer received the greatest part Of the
shock. The sunshadc she used that day
bad steel ribs covered with silk. and f
IS thought by many that the electric
huid passed down these ribs, striking
Mr.. Date first on his right shoulder,
and Mr.. Lu Sucr on his lcft shoulder,
and 80 on TO the seat, partly melting the
iron bolt, and then down 10 the ground
across the axle Of the wagon.
We called 10 see VIII Date, who
lad been brought in from Nub-
son +, 10 whose house he had succeeded
~ crawling after receiving the shock.
We found Mr.. Date getting on finely.
except the bruises on different parts OF
his body. From him we received the
following statement: We were about
two and a half miles from town; we
were driving along; il Was about half
past five O'Clock: II was raining some:
| was singing, or rather humming. TO
myself; Mrs. IL Sucr was joking and
L. "a.
once ] heard a sudden crash, and then !
seemed 10 go off into trance or slumbcr;
then saw the incest kind Of colOrcd
stars and heard the sweetest strains of
vocal and instrumental music, and then
! thought ! was floating down, down in
the air: IL was the sOhcst seat ! ever
had; ] would like 10 experience the
same sensation AS that again: ! should
judge IL was about two hours and a hall
before came TO; ] found myself ir tall
grass and | tried TO get up, but could
not had no use OF my legs and only the
partial use Of my right arm: could not
raise my body from the ground laid on
my back and turned over on my face:
could 20 no further. and then | seemed
. 10 float Off again into the air; then |
came 70, and looking up saw house,
and then iloatcd of again. then came
10 and pulled myself along blythe grass,
Uua fell into the crock, and managed tu
scramble around and got my body hall
out ol the water on the other side. !
looked Up and saw "a man on the same
side Of the creek on a small hill. ] could
not speak. rs my jaws were SGT close
tried 10 make motion 20 him: he
laughed at me: BE was drunk and
thought that Was. About this time a
boy came down after water. and caught
hold Of me and helped me out and up 10
the house. about half mile or 50 from
/ where ! was struck; when near the door
1 | fell, striking my head against the
door. and that opened my Jaws: that j..
the first time that had any control over
my speech, and then could only wills
per. couldn't make the woman Of the
. house understand mc then, but she took
of ms wet clothes and put dry ones on
me. and then they put me in bed, and
then ] seemed 10 float away again. Aftcr
coming 80 ! made motion to them 10
20 after the rest Of the party, and the
drunken man that ] first met ai the
creek was in the house and he wou ldn't
listen 10 me. and wanted 10 fight and
would surely have hut me il il wasn't
for the woman and boy, who put him
out doors Finally Mosier and llenrctty
came into the room and asked me where
lse Sucr WAS. ! told them he was ali
torn up by lightning
THE stroke hit me on tho right
shoulder and ran down my breast. max
ing perfect circle across the pit Of my
stomach. and darted down my left leg
and my left knee; from there TO my IN
foot, hurting that some"