The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-04-24
LOCAL Man IS
STRUCK DEAD
BY LIGHTNING
Frank ROschollar Is Instantly Killed
by Bolt While Riding i'm q
Motor Truck
'T;RICK" MCINTOSH is
BURNED AND STUNNED
Driver of Car Suffers from Shock
and Tells with Difficulty
of Incident

and Tells with Difficulty
of Incident
A fatality, remarkable because of
the miraculous escape from death Of
Brick" Mcintosh, a chauffeur, oc-
Cured late last week on the
summit, one mile this side of Tono-
pah. when a bolt of lightning struck
and instantly killed Frank RoschoIlar,
a bartender formerly employed at the
Goldfield hotel bar and other saloons
of the camp, who was taking advan-
tage of McIntosh's trip to Tonopah
with q consignment of beef for that
camp to visit his mother and aunts,
who reside in the silver camp.
The stroke entered through Ros-
choilar's head on the left side, max
ing Il hole two inches in diameter,
and shot downward through his en-
tire body, crushing his chest and
Turning his body terribly, the force
of the shock ripping the back of the
scat loose from one of it's hinges. Nc
Intosh, who was at the wheel, had
the middle finger of his right hand,
which was probably resting on the
throttle, burned to the bone. His
left leg was badly burned near the
slee end it is believed to have been
IT. contact with Roschollar's cloth
ing.
Apart from these injuries the most
serious result to Mcintosh of the dis.
aster was the shock, which, accord
ing to last reports, left him deaf in
mis- left ear, partially paralyzed in
his left side, and most seriously OF
all. in a semi-deranged mental con-
dition. That he was not instantly
Filled along with Roscholiar ls re-
gardod as a miracle for which there
are any number OF explanations.
Another peculiar feature of the Incl.
dent vas the fact that the machine.
owned by G. H. Ferry, was not dam
aged in the least, only the seat, up
on which the unfortunate man vas
sitting, being slightly burned. Even
the f,asoline tank, which was imno-
diately under the seat, escaped dam
age.
Mcintosh, suffering intense pain.
drove the car the remainder of the
distance to Tonopah and refused to
rernain in the hospital where his
injuries were dressed. He told, as
best he could, the story of the inci-
| dent, from the time it occurred IN
til he reached TonOpah. He said
that when the bolt struck he reached
inStinctively for the gear shift and
threw the machine ont of gear, while
it bounded from tho road into the
c%agebrush.
In some manner ne fell out of the
car, but upon regaining his pres
ence of mind, he staggered to the
truck and beat out the blaze which
had started on the clothing of his
dead companion, and on the seat I'M
derneath the cushion, directly over
the gasoline tank. The motor kept
pounding away all the while and re-
Stunning his position at the wheel, af-
ter lifting the body of Roschollar to
a position back of the seat, he drove
to the front of the MiZpah hotel and
informed the authorities of what had
happened.
News of the disaster was tele-
phoned to Goldfield shortly after 8
o'clock and headed by c. H. Ferry
a party left Immediately by auto for
Touopah, where the facts in the
case were related to them. h car
was driven back to camp and placed
in front of the Goldfeld hotel where
it has been attracting a great deal
of curiosity. What will be the re-
suit of McIntosh's injuries is un-
known. but it is believed that ulti-
mately all of the effects from the
shock will wear away.
ROschOllar was about 35 years OF
age and a native Of Nevada, having
been born at Virginia City. For the
past few years he has been a resi-
dent of Goldfield and was well liked
by all who knew him.
Mcintosh, Familiarity known as
Brick until recently was a resi-
dent of Tonopah and lived in Gold
field during the early years OF the
camp. He has driven for Ferry on
seyera! occasions and yesterday vol
urteered to make the trip, relieving
Ferry, who was CT the point of driv-
ing the machine himself as he usual
~ does. While there is but slim
chance that at that spot the acci'
dent would have overtaken another
driver, Ferry believes he had a close