Pierceton, IN Lightning Strike, Jun 1913
SLAIN BY LIGHTNING.
Warsaw, Ind., June 21.---During an electric storm lightning killed Elmer Walters, employed on the Dr. Tennant farm, five miles south of Pierceton. Walters, who was working in a field, took shelter from the storm under a tree which was struck by the thunderbolt. He was thirty-five years old and lived in North Manchester.
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel, Fort Wayne, IN 21 Jun 1913
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Transcribed by Linda Horton. Thank you, Linda!
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