The Washington herald., 1921-09-03
Young Couple Fatally
Struck Near the White
House Grounds.
BOTH EMPLOYEES
OF SHIP BOARD
Henry M. Bauman Loses
Life at Soldiers
Home.

Three persons were killed BY
lightning accompanying the most
severe electrical and rain storm of
the season here yesterday after
noon about 5 o'clock.
The dead arei
Miss Leone shepherd. rs years old,
of "a seaton place northwest.
Frederick w. Hausmann, 26 years
old, of 81 X street northeast.
Henry N. Bauman, 50 years old.
civil enpIoye of the Soldiers
Home, residing at the home.
| struck Beneath Tree.
Miss Shepherd and Hausmann
both employees Of the United States
Shipping Board. were struck while
seeking protection from the rain
under a tree on the north side of
the Ellipse. directly in the rear Of
the White House. The bolt shot
down the tree and knocked both
10 the ground. Miss Shepherd was
killed instantly. and Hausmann died
s5 minutes later at the Emergency
Hospital.
Henry n. Bauman, SO years old,
kn employe Of the United States
Soldiers Home, was instantly killed
by a stroke while working in the
poultry yard on the Soldiers Home
Erounds. He was knocked to the
GROUND and badly burned. Ascot
ktes, who rushed to his aid, say he
WAS dead upon their arrival. The
body was removed to the Soldiers
Home morgue.
Hausaann's Clothing Afire.
Miss Shepherd was dead when
lcarby pedestrians reached her.
FLAMES quickly enveloped Haus-
haun who was knocked uncon-
lciOus. Hurried work on the part
bT J. Harvey Mcdowell, of 1860 CO.
lumbia road. and a naval officer
kayed Hausmann from the flames.
khich were soon extinguished.
The girl and Hausmann were
placed in passing automobiles and
Iushed to the Emergency Hospital.
khere physicians pronounced Miss
shepherd dead.
dauShdnn uleu at " CAOCA lNOhA
he shock Hospital physicians said
both bodies were badly burned, but
beath in both instances resulted
rom the shock by lightning.
Shipping Board Employees.
Miss Shepherd and Hausmann
Eere both employed at the Shipping
Board, Nineteenth and B streets. as
be clerk and audit clerk, respec-
lively They had kept company
Ior the past six months. relatives
bay, and usually walked from their
lhices each night to the car lines
IL Fifteenth street and New York
lvenue, passing the spot where
hey met death yesterday. Last
light they had stopped to watch a
bail game on the Ellipse. When the
korm came they took shelter under
he tree
W. B. Jaynes, local attorney,
kho was standing opposite the
louple on the other side OF ths
Itreet. declared they seemed to fall
Instantly with the crash of the
lightning. Ralph L. Sabin. retired
led at the hospital within an hour
through papers in the clothing.
Both Natives of Washington.
Both Miss Shepherd and Haus-
hann are natives of Washington
Ind attended the public schools
lere. Hausmann served with Rat
ery C, Twnty-ninth Division, dur
hg the war and saw service over
eas-
Miss Shepherd Is survived by her
bother, brother and two sisters,
hrs. HtIda Storey and Mrs. Gladys
toreland. all of Washington.
Hausmann is survived by his pa
ents. with whom he resided, four
listers. Mrs. George Harding. Mrs.
Goldsmith, Mrs Claude Offutt.
Hiss Mabel and a brother, william,
n OF Washington.
Bolt Hits businessman.
Caught between two bolts of
lightning, alph l.. Sabin, a retired
businessman. Of 3401 Macomb street
northwest, narrowly escaped when
he storm reached its climax in
lleveland Park.
Sabin, riding alone in an auto
hobile. had just reached the inter-
ection of Thirty-fourth and Ma
omb streets when lightning struck
he ground and crumbled the pave
bent simultaneously with the first
bit another bolt in front of Sabin
tashed the fiagpole of the John
saton School, Thirty-fourth street
nd Lowell place, splintering 1t.
abin was between the two bolts
they struck.
Temperature Drops Suddenly.
Thousands of persons were caught
naware on the streets and drench-
4 p with water. hundreds of cellars
fith doors wide open were flooded,
fhen the storm broke. There was
4 drop in temperature of is degrees
ftween 4:3o o'clock and D. m.
4 Lightning flashed throushout the
form. II being most SEVERE along
be Monument Grounds and in Cleye.
tnd Park section. The Telephone
7 company, however, reported litt1e