The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-09-10
LIGHTNING KILLED
SEVENATBUCKHORN
Ten We're Il.jnred In the
Cement House.
A FEARFUL see {

and ffs~ colur~d ard of In
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~1ca Ncrv solorcd.
b r. actai4aa. The tsrs.le dazzs.
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Buckhoru roWe ~ PlAal Ia chatham
couru ntar rtttsbor. ~eEz So Aus~n
IA Raleigh ta yesterday aust 8
when t~ceEephoue connection ~AA RS
stored wsth Hlca hsra Fails. ,hc a;afes
having blown trcra - thc wires ana
put these out o commission
sescA Killed and Ten Injured.
IL place q nvc being allied ard
twenty-five injured. The uamber at the
Killed Is increased 10 seven. whHe ten
were injured og the Killed tNo Ate
white met and Eve negroes. whAle n
the injured three are nhitc and sosea
negroes.
In a Crowd OF Nearly sc~scnty-trse
The death dealing stroke from the
SKY came at three o'clock ou Tuesday
afternoon during a heavy rain storm
which had forced from nfty - seventy
Ave OF the men Employed IA worA at
the plant TO seek shelter ~ the &C.
ment house at the head gates ~ the
falls at Buckhurn. this AZ some dr.
lance from tho power HOUSE The men
were together IN the cement house
when tbs stroke Of lightning came
Lightning First Struck ipg Tree.
The lightning struck a big tree Juvt
back OF the cement house and from
it Ieape1 To the house and through
tt while the big tree, which II had
torn and split fell on the cement
house. during II much damages The
lightning had cut a swath or death
and injury as IL sped through the
crowd OF mon. and with seven Killed
outright and ten injured, the dead. the
injured and the unhurt together there
were cries OF pain and anguish Ia the
cement house. while there was con
s~tcrnatiot. among the uninjured. who
set about doing the best that could be-
done for the injured. As soon as
possible medical help was secured
All We're Employees at Work.
All Of the men Killed were engaged
in WORK at the plant. being In the EN-
ploy Of the Phoenix Construction
Company. which has the plant In
charge; David Pepper. Jr.. OF Phlla-
delphia. and :. Morgan smith
Company Of York. Pa doing
some OF the contract work
Eugene Black and Thomas c. Gunter
the two white men killed had only
been working with the constructions
y for one day, and their
home is above Moncure. All Of tho
men came from the Immediate sec
ton about the falls.
List of tho Killed.
The men killed outright we're
Whites
Eugene Black, home near Moncure.
homao {. Guntcr, home near Mon
cure.
Colored.-
Tally Lett.
Ruf Lett.
Mark Douglass
Alfred Bertha.
William Mckay.
List of the Injured.
The list Of the injured Is.
Whites.-
Ed Lett, home near the plant
ID. o.. Tudor
W. }. Kelly, home across the river
from the plant.
Colored.-
Darling Austin.
Daniel Cole.
Lux IAnlcr.
Luther Hooker.
>. Il. Taison.
L E1oTlchs
Aaron Austin.
The first telephone message con-
corning the disaster came yesterday
afternoon to Raleigh to Mr.. Eugene
Maxwell, the construction manager ~
the Phoenix Construction Company.
and a detailed report is expected by
mail today.
Injured VIII Recover.
The bodies Of Messrs. Black and
Gunter have been sent To their homes
near Moncure. and the injured white
men have been taken to their homes.
The men killed were badly burned and
those h We're injured were scorch-
ed by the lightning but IL Is reported
that all OF these viii recover
This The Second Disaster.
This IS the second disaster occur
ring at Buckhorn within a short time.
the other being hat when Foreman
Hans Thorsen and several men were
swept over the falls To their death. Il
pathetic part Of the affalr being the
arrival in Raleigh two days aftcTwa-d
Of Miss Linda Hildegren. OF 81. Paul.
MINI. who Was to have become the
bride of Thorsen in this city.