Newton-Gwinnett County GaArchives Obituaries.....Roberts, Miss ANTOINETTE April 28, 1873 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Phyllis Thompson http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00011.html#0002524 October 2, 2006, 3:20 pm The Georgia Enterprise, May 9 1873 By a bolt of lightning at Lawrenceville on the 28th ult., Miss ANTOINETTE ROBERTS was instantly killed and eleven other school girls seriously injured. They were in the academy awaiting for a threatening cloud to pass, and standing near the door, when a vivid flash of lightning struck the door post, communicating itself to the young ladies, all of whom were knocked instantly to the floor. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/newton/obits/r/roberts5455gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb