Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-27
BOTH ARE SERIOUSLY INJURED
Young Man is FrishtfuIly Burned
Along Entire Right Side Of Body, and
Is at Hospital-Girl Suffering From
Shock, and Regain. Partial Con-
seriousness Chance for Recovery.

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shelter. AS a result both are lying ser
iously injured in this city, the young
man suffering from severe electric
burns and the girl from shock. Attend
ing physicians say that each has
chance for recovery.
Young lShewalter, who is a son OF
Clayton Shewalter, living two and one
half miles west of Marietta, came to
the city to attend the Forepaugh-Sells
circus, and had accompanied Miss
Subway to the afternoon perform
ance. Both had left the grounds and
were on their way down town shortly
before o'clock A little thunder
shower, accompanied by sharp flashes
of lightning, caused the young people
to take refuge under large tree near
the corner of Eighth avenue and Main.
No sooner had they reached shelter,
and SheWalter raised an umbrella, than
lightning struck the tree. The bolt fol-
lowed the tree down to the ground, en-
tered the left foot OF Miss Shumway,
and from the tree jumped to the steel
point of the umbrella, which SheWalter
was holding. He received the fluid d.
rect, and was badly burned along the
right side, practically from head TO
foot. Miss Shumway shows no marks
of the lightning excepting in the foot,
but was rendered unconscious from
shock. Only partial consciousness had
been regained this forenoon. Miss
Shumway is a daughter of Howard II.
Subway living seven miles north
west Of the city. She is Is years old,
and Shewalter is the same age.
The young people both fell forward.
on their faces, unconscious, and We're
picked up by passers by and residents
of the neighborhood and carried into
the w. f. Block home lilo East Main
street. Physicians and arnbulances
were Immediately summoned, and She
walter was removed to st. ThomaS
hospital Miss Shumway was taken to
the home of Mr.. and Mrs Benjamin
Nichols 1141s North Center street, the
Shumway family being old friends and
neighbors of Mr.. and Mrs. Nichols
Usual Freaks Played.
The usual freaks of lightning in
similar cases were shown in the diff
ference between the injuries to the
Young people. Shewalter suffered al
most entirely from burns while his
companion showed hardly mark that
would have indicated an electrical
burn. Miss Shumway suffered from
shock alone. and until this morning
it was not known whether or not she
even had a chance for recovery.
The bolt entered Miss Shumway's
left foot from the ground, at point
,ol- LoI In the sole.
The tack was driven entirely out, and
was probably instantly burned, as it
is not in the girls foot. After passing
thru the foot the bolt came out on top
of the shoe, back Of the toes, tearing
ragged hole an inch in diameter. The
Young woman's foot was slightly burn
ed on top of the foot, where the light
ming spent it's force, but the flesh was
not torn One toe was slightly blister
ed, and a slight burn was received on
the instep
Shewalter Badly Burned.
Shewalter's burns are severe. and
what the consequences may be can not
be told for a few days, or until it is
known what may develop in the way
of complications There is danger OF
peritonitis setting in as result Of the
burns over the abdomen, and also dan
ger from shock.
The burns are almost all on the
right side Of the body, and begin on
the arm, at a point about where the
young mans cuff was worn, showing
that it followed the umbrella handle
downward. From the wrist the burns
extend to the elbow. The bolt then
jumped downward to a point about over
the eighth rib. and from there the
burns extend down to the foot They
are deepest over the abdomen and
groin where the skin surface is all
destroyed. The width of the burns is
fully six inches from where they be-
gin on the side to a point about even
with the hip. From the right knee the
lightning jumped to the left leg, and
burned that down to the foot on the
inside, blistering the toes
Miss Shumway was unconscious all
night, and this morning became par
tally conscious She is resting as cas-
ily as could be expected. Shewalter is
also resting as we'll as he could under
the circumstances, but is being kept
quiet in order to avoid complications
resulting.
,BOtn NIT. SSHeWdtldf dliA MISS
Subway are well known young people
in the Marietta neighborhood. Both
are members of we'll known families
and belong to the c. c. C. Musical Club
of Marietta township, a musical or
ganization that meets once a month.
This afternoon Miss Shumway had
about regained consciousness, but her
ideas were still confused. and she was
not able to fully comprehend what had
G. f. Pettitt, 3O7 North Ninth ave-
nue., who was driving a carriage to
and from the show grounds, was exact
ly opposite the young people when the
bolt struck. He was stunned for an
but not injured. A coincidence
In connection with Pettitt's proximity
to the bolt lies in the fact that only
a short time before. while driving to
the depot on South Third avenue, he
was shocked by another bolt that
struck the large brick stack of the
Buggy Company. tear
ing off a few bricks.
The tree under which young She