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Sidney, OH Lightning Strike, July 1912

Posted October 19th, 2007 by Stu Beitler

KILLED AT SIDNEY

Lightning Strikes Into Crowd of Little Ball Players.

(By United Press.)
Sidney, O., July 5 -- MILDRED KASER, 10 years old, was instantly killed; RUTH CRITION, aged 11, LENA WODDELL, 14, TILE GESTRNER, 15, FRED TROESTER, 11, and KROEMER BRANDT, 10, were injured Friday when a bolt of lightning struck them while playing ball. The KASER girl was knock down an embankment. The CRITION and WODDELL girls were unconscious for several hours from the shock, but are now considered out of danger.

The Lima News Ohio 1912-07-06
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Researched and Transcribed by Stu Beitler. Thank you, Stu!

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