The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-06-28
SIX MULES KILLED
BY LIGHTNING BOLT
COUNTY ANIMALS HITCHED
TO A ROAD SCRAPER
WORTH $3.50 EACH
convicts Nearby Were Not Injur-
Cd, Failing Even To Feel
the Shock

Six mules. r"por,rh 10 u WORT,
fi'i3 '""A ""r' lI.i - ~ Count |
Anderson yesterday afternoon. Il
hoii OF lightning l,i' .nt- Il a.il dlH-
cn animals. Tlir ~ I.,, .r, hit"ir Il
10 :. rond Hcr"nr: n,.l M"i" cliDh,,--
81 III the grading IL pI oErr.:s near
Foolr%'s bIiIc. IL miles from the
city. cunvic,s nearby ~ hc time
'v"rc not Eve. shocked by IN. iiol,
siliol did the damage
Mir. j Frank Johnson. nsuran.c
acjusicr. WIS lIotiii.d OF The loss |, /,
:"pci; ;i"o: King. 10 "h0m il WAS -
pofioH nom the camp when II o.
cl.rpd. According 10 Nr Johnson. *
p"h'ing The ;inr. told him. ttc boil
struck son!r.i:tIr b":wrcn j and :;
rci0rk, w.ile ilv cCi.nt fore. hati
retired 'nurr"u'ayiiy from ,.c run,i
Yuih 10 await u" passing ol The FORE.
uf i'sc STORM. which had come ~ sue.
f'ehii. The mules were driven to tuu
oid: ide. presumably under the silclte.'
"' the branches OF trees, although Nj.
Johns on wa. uot sure of thi...
The males Wcic OF exceptional val
ne. piopahiv the finest drnughi All
ihalS In Anderson county There wc..,
Il half dozen of Il drove of mules re-
Gently pun chased by the county Tor IT.:
permanent Improvement work To
secure TIE kind OF mules desired
;hc breeders Oi rcnnc:acc and Ken
lucky We're sought ana the drove pur-
chased in lhoar states The cost to
,lc county at the time was approx
inatciy $500 cach. and this price WAS
occurred, II was understood, because of
the purchase Of the mules in number
The county Carried aS much insurance
on The mmlcs al The underwriters
would allow on that cias@ OF property.
so engaged. hui 500 each. Therefore,.
II wa estimated, that the loss To the
county. net. WAS apr pioXimatcly $3.50
each. or 1,510
l,nIer Reports.
Later last evening. u more direct re-
port was secured ON the killing OF the
mules. the facts coming from Bolton.
The FOREGOING story. while essential
~ cCrrcrt. does not cover the details
ii the loss. The mules, fifteen in all,
were hitchcd To the two road scrapcrs
and were driven 80 hitchud into the
yard ut the home OF MIR. James Madi-
son, near Tone, Creek. There. under
age.
and the guards also sought shelter
few yards from the place where the
animals were standing. Tile light
ming bolt completely ripped but the
heart Of the tee. Il SLENDER oak. and
III" shock slightly stunned the CON
t!ct guard. bu, hurting no one. The
!Ilt penetrated the home Of Mr. Mad
.son. visiting with slight damage cv-
cry room ol the building. Five ladies'
were in ihe home and one uf these,
Miss Madison, was stunned by the
bolt. Snc Recover cd lin Il few min
;;teS :Hd Was apparently uniniured
FrcMkiSl, Results.
When the boil struck the trees,
thirteen OF The fifteen mulcJ standing
together fell. Seven alOXc. finally. al
hough two uf the seven we're stunned
Tor some cons itlcrablc time. Six were
killed outright. Two OF the mules mp
patently failed TO feel the shock ut
all. The animals weighed between
$50 and l,i00 pounds each and were
handsome and rarely valuable.
Although the lightning played about
the homo in alarming fashion ard was
felt kccnly by the inmates. II didn't
set fire TO the building and failed to
do any serious damage therein.
County commissioner Vundiver was
in the city last night and ucplored the
loss OF these mules He said that no
better stock has ever been brought 70
Anderson. and it will he hard to re-
place these mules selected for this
particular work.