Sumter County GaArchives Obituaries.....Dodson, Richard  August 1902
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The Marion County Patriot, August 15, 1902
The Marion County Patriot, No. 33
August 15, 1902
Page Five

Queer Freaks of Lightning

Lightning struck a church during services at Leslie down below Americus last 
Sunday, and a young man named Richard Dodson was instantly killed and several 
others severely shocked.  The Americus Times-Recorder gives some queer freaks 
of the lightning in the following:

Remarkable to relate, a young man sat with his head resting upon Mr. Dodson’s 
shoulder.  He escaped unhurt, except from the shock.

Mrs. James, a lady member of the congregation, had the shoes wrenched from her 
feet, and also escaped unhurt.  The shoes were not torn by the bolt nor were 
the strings unlaced.  Mrs. James afterward attempted to put the shoes on 
without unlacing them but found it impossible.

Mr. Cobb, who sat by a window on the side of the building, had his shirt bosom 
burned, and he also escaped injury.  A little babe was wrenched from the arms 
of its mother and hurled ten feet away, but the dear little tot was not hurt in 
the least.


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