Russell County AlArchives Obituaries.....Lane, Louis  June 1902
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The Marion County Patriot, June 13, 1902
The Marion County Patriot
Friday, June 13, 1902
Page Three

Lightning’s Deadly Work

Two Men Killed During Thunderstorm At Columbus, Ga.

Two persons were killed and a number were badly shocked in an electrical storm
which visited Columbus, Ga., a few minutes after 4 o’clock Sunday afternoon.

The dead are: John J. Willis, of Columbus and Louis McLane, of Phenix City.

Mr. Williams (Willis?) was about 55 years old and was formerly watchman at the
upper foot bridge.  He was standing in front of his residence on the sidewalk,
talking to a friend when suddenly there was a loud peal of thunder and almost
simultaneously Mr. Willis was struck by a bolt of lightning.

The noise was almost deafening, sounding to those on the front porch like the
report of a cannon, and a man who was looking at Mr. Willis when he was killed
said that he saw no flash, but something like smoke in the wake of the lightning
bolt.

Simultaneously in Phenix City, a few blocks away, lightning killed Louis Lane, a
young man about 20 years old who had been married only a few months.  He was in
the back yard of his residence resting his hands on a clothes wire when lighting
struck the wire.  He was killed instantly, but was not mangled in anyway.






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