REGAL KENNETH WHITCOMB JR., 15, River Rd., near Corning, Friday, July 28, 1950. Survived by parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Whitcomb; sisters, Susanne and Caroline at home; maternal grandmother, Mrs. Madge LaTourette of Lennoxville, Pa. The body is at the family home. Private prayer service Monday at 1:45 p.m. at the home followed by funeral at First Presbyterian Church, Corning at 2, the Rev. Paul Hazlett. Rural Home Cemetery, Big Flats. –Elmira Sunday Telegram 7/30/1950
PAGE TEN THE EVENING LEADER . CORNING . NY . SATURDAY . JULY 29 . 1950
Regal Whitcomb, Jr., Dies
Father Hurt As Lightning
Bolt Follows Wire Fence
Fifteen-year-old Regal Whitcomb, Jr., was killed Friday afternoon when he was struck by lightning while assisting his father in the erection of a wire fence on their River Road farm during a sudden thunderstorm. Regal Whitcomb, Sr., dean of boys at Northside High School, was injured by the lightning bolt which travelled the length of the fence, knocking him to the ground, after striking the boy.
PAGE TEN THE EVENING LEADER . CORNING . NY . SATURDAY . JULY 29 . 1950
Regal Whitcomb, Jr., Dies
Father Hurt As Lightning
Bolt Follows Wire Fence
Fifteen-year-old Regal Whitcomb, Jr., was killed Friday afternoon when he was struck by lightning while assisting his father in the erection of a wire fence on their River Road farm during a sudden thunderstorm. Regal Whitcomb, Sr., dean of boys at Northside High School, was injured by the lightning bolt which travelled the length of the fence, knocking him to the ground, after striking the boy.
REGAL KENNETH WHITCOMB JR., 15, River Rd., near Corning, Friday, July 28, 1950. Survived by parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Whitcomb; sisters, Susanne and Caroline at home; maternal grandmother, Mrs. Madge LaTourette of Lennoxville, Pa. The body is at the family home. Private prayer service Monday at 1:45 p.m. at the home followed by funeral at First Presbyterian Church, Corning at 2, the Rev. Paul Hazlett. Rural Home Cemetery, Big Flats. –Elmira Sunday Telegram 7/30/1950
PAGE TEN THE EVENING LEADER . CORNING . NY . SATURDAY . JULY 29 . 1950
Regal Whitcomb, Jr., Dies
Father Hurt As Lightning
Bolt Follows Wire Fence
Fifteen-year-old Regal Whitcomb, Jr., was killed Friday afternoon when he was struck by lightning while assisting his father in the erection of a wire fence on their River Road farm during a sudden thunderstorm. Regal Whitcomb, Sr., dean of boys at Northside High School, was injured by the lightning bolt which travelled the length of the fence, knocking him to the ground, after striking the boy.
PAGE TEN THE EVENING LEADER . CORNING . NY . SATURDAY . JULY 29 . 1950
Regal Whitcomb, Jr., Dies
Father Hurt As Lightning
Bolt Follows Wire Fence
Fifteen-year-old Regal Whitcomb, Jr., was killed Friday afternoon when he was struck by lightning while assisting his father in the erection of a wire fence on their River Road farm during a sudden thunderstorm. Regal Whitcomb, Sr., dean of boys at Northside High School, was injured by the lightning bolt which travelled the length of the fence, knocking him to the ground, after striking the boy.
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