Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25
THREE KILLED, FIFTY HURT
Causes Panic in National
Guard Camp at Gettysburg.
WILD NIGHT ON BATTLE-GROUND
Governor Stuart's Tent Blown Down
and state OmciaIs Have Narrow
Escnpe-wOmen and Chill
dren in Hysterics.

night search throughout Camp Hayes
where the 1000 men of the National Guard
OF Pennsylvania have been in camp for
week, and which was last night visited by
terrific electrical and wind storm. shows
that three soldiers were struck dead by
lightning and that nearly half hundred
other persons were injured by the electrical
bolts or were otherwise hurt 1t was prob
ably the widest night the historic battle
ground has experienced since the memora-
BILE July days OF 1863.
Those killed were:
CORPORAL c. MILTON CARRIER, Com
pany G, Tenth regiment, Washington.
JAMES \. BARBE. Company Is, Tenth
PRiVATE CLYDE MORRISON. Company
d, Sixteenth regiment, Oil City
The dead were members of the Second
brigade, composed of regiments from the
western part of the state, most OF the
storm damage occurring in the section of
the field occupied by that brigade
The cots Of the hospital tent are filled
with the injured some of whom are women
and children who had been visiting the
camp.
Governors Tent Blown Down.
| The tent which Governor Stuart had been
occupying during the weeks encampment
| was blown down by the terrific wind and
the governor and those who were his guests
at the time were buried under the canvas.
| with the governor were Charles B. Mann
of the State Railroad commission, Colonel
Good of the First regiment Philadelphia.
and Captain F. L. Weaver formerly of the
First regiment. They were all thrown to
the ground by the falling canvas, but man
! aged to crawl out into the open. In the
tent adjoining that of the governors were
| the sisters of Governor Stuart, Miss Cora
Stuart OF Harrisburg and Mrs. Leicher Of
| Philadelphia, and Mrs. Charles b. Mann Of
Philadelphia. They were there for the
| usual evening band concert and could not
get back to town before the storm broke.
It was with the greatest difficulty that the
tent they occupied was kept from collaps-
ing.
To add to the excitement at division head
quarters the tall iron flagstaff in front of
the tents OF Governor Stuart and General
Wiley was struck by lightning stunning
several members Of the governors staff.
Three Killed in Different Places.
The three guardsmen who lost their lives
were killed in different places. Barbe was
sitting in his tent with another soldier,
when he was enveloped in a blue flame
following a terrific crash, and he fell dead
The other soldier Paul Neal. was only
stunned.
CARRIER was with friends In the guard
tent when he was killed The bolt threw
his companions In a heap. severely shock
ing all of them. Then ii shot along the
ground thirty feet to the tent of Chief
Musician Morrison. wreclSng the tent and
stunning Morrison, Chrlstler and thei.
wives 1t tore Christler's coat to shred
and twisted his alto horn into a shapelesi
mass. An instant later, fifty yards away
another bolt struck Barbe, killing him. Hi
watch stopped at 9:26. Private Morrison
was standing at the hospital tent when h
was struck. There were seven or eigh
patients in it, sufferers from the heat.
Steel Puttees Attract Lightning.
In each case OF those killed, the nev
army puttees furnished just before the mer
T. went into camp, were torn from their limb
the steel rib being exposed. Some of tn
officers believe the steel attracted tn
lightning.
E The storm which had been brewing al
evening, broke suddenly. The wind bley
with almost cyclonic force the rain cam
down in torrents and the lightning was tn
p severest seen here in years. Although tn
. hour was getting late, the camp still con
. tanned many visitors, who had been de
e layed by the Publications, which alway
s obtain In camp the night before the regi
@ ments leave for home. The second brigad
l. is situated in the lowest field of the cam
e ground, and every company street was 500
: a running stream. Everywhere tents wer
70 collapsing and lightning bolts were strikin
=. in many places. For a time utter con
II fusion reigned, but the storm passc
> off the commanders of the several reg
q, ments in the second brigade brought abou
order and began systematic search ia
p injured guardsmen. AS rapidly as the
= were found they were removed to tn
q hospital tent and given attention by reg
$ mental surgeons assisted by physician
summoned from the town of Gettysburg.
/ Women in Hysterics.
Is The trolley line between the cam
ground and the town was put out Of servic
e by the storm and many of the visitor
n were compelled to spend the night in III
+ Young Mems Christian association ten
" Among them were women and children
n who almost went into Mysteries during th
J. height Of the furious storm.
Is More than 300 tents were blown dow
n OF the ninety-sX tents of Battery b bt
eight remained standing.
During a storm Tuesday night Lieutenar
Y Paul X. Morley of the First regimen
was killed by lightning while on regiments
= guard duty