A Freak of Lightning

Six people at Hoisington had a miraculous escape from death during a heavy rainstorm. Clem Humphrey and little daughter, his son, Mr. Mil__ and sister, of Illinois and Mississippi, and Dot and Fannie Lowrey, of Great Bend, were driving from Hoisington to the Humphrey farm and were caught in the storm. Just as they turned in at the gate at the Humphrey place at Hoisington, a bolt of lightning struck the team, killing both horses. None of the party in the ri_ were injured in the least, though the --

--The Ellis Review Headlight, Ellis, Kansas, 1911