Polk County GaArchives Obituaries.....Kirton, Mrs. S. W. August 1902
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Cedartown Standard, August 21, 1902
At Rockmart the electrical storm proved fatal, and a prominent lady, Mrs. S. W. 
Kirton, was killed instantly and horribly. She had just stepped to the window 
to lower the sash, when a bolt struck the house, leaping to her person, and 
burned her clothing off and mutilated the body badly. Rome and Cave Spring 
suffered quite a deal by the storm in broken windows, unroofed houses, the 
destruction of shade trees and damage to property generally. Seldom has there 
been a more terrific rain for the time, or more destructive hail in this entire 
section and the losses will run up into the thousands. The fatalities to life 
and limb were unusual, and the part played by lightning in the list of 
casualties was unprecedented. 

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