He and his mule were struck by lighting. An article about his death that was published in the Rockwood (Tennessee) Times on July 25, 1907 is as follows....."
William Arnold, a well known farmer of the Wheat neighborhood of Roane County was struck by lighting and was instantly killed along with his mule yesterday afternoon in Harriman.
A Mrs. DeArmond who was ill in a nearby house also expired upon being told of the accident. Mr. Arnold had brought a load of produce to town and after disposing of it went to the home of a friend on Carter Street to spend the night. He entered the barn to put up his mule when lighting struck a tree in the yard, splitting it to the ground. The current followed a clothes wire that was fastened to the tree, the other end of which was near the barn door. Leaping the intervening space the deadly electricity entered the barn and struck Arnold and his mule with the above result. A cow in an adjoining stall, and several other persons were in the barn at the time and escaped injury.
Arnold was about 40 years of age, married, and a prosperous farmer of the Wheat section. In a nearby house a Mrs. DeArmond was lying ill and when told of the accident soon expired. She had been sick for some time and the shock was more than her nervous system could stand"..... He was also a trustee of Roane College, and was a school teacher in Wheat Tennessee.
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William Arnold, a well known farmer of the Wheat neighborhood of Roane County was struck by lighting and was instantly killed along with his mule yesterday afternoon in Harriman.
A Mrs. DeArmond who was ill in a nearby house also expired upon being told of the accident. Mr. Arnold had brought a load of produce to town and after disposing of it went to the home of a friend on Carter Street to spend the night. He entered the barn to put up his mule when lighting struck a tree in the yard, splitting it to the ground. The current followed a clothes wire that was fastened to the tree, the other end of which was near the barn door. Leaping the intervening space the deadly electricity entered the barn and struck Arnold and his mule with the above result. A cow in an adjoining stall, and several other persons were in the barn at the time and escaped injury.
Arnold was about 40 years of age, married, and a prosperous farmer of the Wheat section. In a nearby house a Mrs. DeArmond was lying ill and when told of the accident soon expired. She had been sick for some time and the shock was more than her nervous system could stand"..... He was also a trustee of Roane College, and was a school teacher in Wheat Tennessee.
Contributor: ET (47514618) •
He and his mule were struck by lighting. An article about his death that was published in the Rockwood (Tennessee) Times on July 25, 1907 is as follows....."
William Arnold, a well known farmer of the Wheat neighborhood of Roane County was struck by lighting and was instantly killed along with his mule yesterday afternoon in Harriman.
A Mrs. DeArmond who was ill in a nearby house also expired upon being told of the accident. Mr. Arnold had brought a load of produce to town and after disposing of it went to the home of a friend on Carter Street to spend the night. He entered the barn to put up his mule when lighting struck a tree in the yard, splitting it to the ground. The current followed a clothes wire that was fastened to the tree, the other end of which was near the barn door. Leaping the intervening space the deadly electricity entered the barn and struck Arnold and his mule with the above result. A cow in an adjoining stall, and several other persons were in the barn at the time and escaped injury.
Arnold was about 40 years of age, married, and a prosperous farmer of the Wheat section. In a nearby house a Mrs. DeArmond was lying ill and when told of the accident soon expired. She had been sick for some time and the shock was more than her nervous system could stand"..... He was also a trustee of Roane College, and was a school teacher in Wheat Tennessee.
Contributor: ET (47514618) •
William Arnold, a well known farmer of the Wheat neighborhood of Roane County was struck by lighting and was instantly killed along with his mule yesterday afternoon in Harriman.
A Mrs. DeArmond who was ill in a nearby house also expired upon being told of the accident. Mr. Arnold had brought a load of produce to town and after disposing of it went to the home of a friend on Carter Street to spend the night. He entered the barn to put up his mule when lighting struck a tree in the yard, splitting it to the ground. The current followed a clothes wire that was fastened to the tree, the other end of which was near the barn door. Leaping the intervening space the deadly electricity entered the barn and struck Arnold and his mule with the above result. A cow in an adjoining stall, and several other persons were in the barn at the time and escaped injury.
Arnold was about 40 years of age, married, and a prosperous farmer of the Wheat section. In a nearby house a Mrs. DeArmond was lying ill and when told of the accident soon expired. She had been sick for some time and the shock was more than her nervous system could stand"..... He was also a trustee of Roane College, and was a school teacher in Wheat Tennessee.
Contributor: ET (47514618) •
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