The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-08
ON HIS WAY TO
WITNESS GAME
Companion Within two Feet
of Victim Only Stunned
by Bolt.
many SPECTATORS WERE
SHOCKED BY SAME STROKE
shoes and Clothes Of Dead Man We're
Torn tn Shreds and Hat Had An.
pearance of Bomb Having Been
Exploded Inside.

dhce Oh Bomb Having Been
Exploded Inside.
Charles Lunder. manager OF +hs
singer Sewing Machine agency in
Grand Forks. was instantly killed nv
bolt of lightning about 3:15 vester.
day afternoon while on his wav 4,
see the game between the Grand
FORKS and Duluth league teams at
Dacotah park
The bolt hit within 100 feet Of tho
era nostand which was filled with fans
and pandemonium reiened In 49,.
crowd for few minutes. as MANY ~
.he spectators received fragments of
the ooit and some We're stunned.
Lunder accompanied by his neigh.
oor, Adam Schmitz. a harnessm aker
at the Mahowald harness shop. had
starte from his home about fivs
minutes of o'clock to take In the
game. AS they were nearing the
PARK schmitz suggested that thew
sus across the field behind the first
ba..s ase o!eachers In order to arrive in
oetter time and accordingly the fatal
move was made
"nen they were about a block from
ene srandstand Lunder talked Of
storHs and experiences he had had
as though a premonition of what was
coming was at hand. The two men
.nen walked on about two feet apart
ana the horrible crash came.
Sounded Like Cannon.
inose IN the ball park did not real
re- re 10. an instant what had happened.
ne strlklns OF the bolt sounded like
cannon had been fired and dozans
IN the bleachers and grandstanS n.ens
momentarily stunned and sevsrai .
KNOCKED over by the shock.
."noef ioust have been dead he.
Iore ne hit the ground. His eyes
were WIDE open as he lay dead on tha
pralrie, the shock undoubtedly lilline
MN before he had time to hlinL
,'ehi'ltz' VINO was walking SO close TO
i1unuer tnat their arms touched. was
knocked to the ground and stunnad
for a moment. but scrambled i'u ~ hia
feet and Immediately tried to hrins
Lunoer around but without avail
SHOES Torn Off Feet,
me force of the lightning nou.+
! nave oeen terrible as both of Lunder's
snoes We're ripped into shreds ana
.orn on his feet. hanging only by the
9qss as ne was stretched on the field
ms nat. which was of the soft cJo.h
.eA.ufe' ' looked as though bomb
| a. 'ouSHeQ on inside Of
IL: evidently the bolt entered hehind
ms right ear for there was small
mole there and a hruise on his chest
me oodE was not disisured to anv
extent by the shock any
Leaves Small Family,
Luhoer was married about six
years ago to Miss Stone of Fargo. and
'hey have been living in this CITY for
some time. Mrs. Lunder, a five-year-
ola dauehter and three-year-old son
survive him. He also has sister -,
Lansdon and his father is in canads
The funeral arrangements had M,
oeen completed up to late hour this
AFTERNOON. word from relatives delav-
ing the fixing of the time.
Mrs Lunder. when the news wa.
gently broken to her. hardly seemed
10 realize what had happened. He
hao been AT home before going to the
pall grounds and they had been com
Nersins IN happy Vein Just before he
stafted on the fatal trip. TODAY how.
ever. the full import Of the caian,it,,
is gradually dawning upon Mrs
Lunder and the strain is beginning Ia
+; SchmitZ's Story.
!, Adam Schmitz, who escaped tha
bolt by less than a foot. was a ,,ttla
dazed today. his ears ringing and he
mad sore feeling in his neck. He
1olo OF starting from the house with
sarding storms. Before 1 realtzea
what had happened" he said. II
heard whizz as though bullet was
singing In the air, and then the neYt
thing l realized l was lying on TIA
ground and Lunder was prostrate he.
hind me. He never uttered a sound
and neither did 1. l was unconscious
how long l don't know. The awful.
ness OF the disaster did not dawn upon
me Ior several hours. as my head was
numb ANYHOW. and It wasn't until
went to bed last night that began to
get nervous over my narrow escane"
Erickson Saw 1t.
D.. Erickson. barber at the Freder-
lck hotel. was getting his rain check
at the ticket office in the grandstand
and looking over the field He heard
the bolt strike and saw Lunder lean
several feet into the air and fall pros
.rate on the ground. Erickson i'm
mediately ran to where the two men
were lying. but before he arrived
schmitz scrambled to his feet and
tried to lift Lunder up to see what
had happened to him
Crowd Unnerved.
The bolt struck terror into the Spec
tators at the ball game. Most of them
nad peen watching the funnel-shaped
clouds revolve in the air and were
expecting to see the storm blow over.
The crash paralyzed many in the
bleachers and stands and practically
everyone in automobiles received
shocks. several women being knocked
senseless. The scorer was talEinr
over the phone in the stand at the
time and 1t was knocked from his
hands.
Women Hurled Ten Feet.
A second bolt hit Grand Forks n
half hour after the first one hit near
the ball park. Mrs. James Edward
wife Of the Frederick hotel custodian.
and Mrs. ]. Bliven. wife of the Local
patrolman. were sitting on theft
porches on Cheyenne avenue. Tic
bolt struck between the two houses
and the women were hurled OF their
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