ALONZO BACGARLY KILLED BY LIGHTNING AND TWO COMPANIONS STUNNED
During the storm Sunday afternoon, Alonzo Baggarly, aged 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Baggarly of Front Royal was struck by lightning and instantly killed and his two companions were knocked insensible.
Alonzo, with Joe Cassarotti, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Cassarotti, and Giles Corder, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Corder, had been fishing in the river at the railroad junction and had taken shelter from the storm in a near-by shed. As the shed was open on one side the boys climbed up into the rafters, under the metal roof, and were seated there, some distance apart, when the bolt came.
Young Corder soon regained consciousness and going to the tower telephoned for assistance. Drs. L. F. Hasnbrough and Rob't. P. Cooke responded promptly and after more than an hour's work succeeded in resuscitating Cassarotti and he is now in a normal condition.
Baggarly was an employee of the silk mills and a most promising young man, enjoying the respect and good will of all who knew him. He was a consistent member of the M. E. Church and of the Modern Woodmen.
He is survived by his parents, two brothers Norman and Boyd and a sister, Pauline. The funeral took place from the M. E. Church Tuesday afternoon, the Woodmen attending in a body, and the interment was in Prospect Hill cemetery, Rev. D. L. Snyder officiating.
The Warren Sentinel, June 13, 1924
Contributor: dMf (47174180)
During the storm Sunday afternoon, Alonzo Baggarly, aged 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Baggarly of Front Royal was struck by lightning and instantly killed and his two companions were knocked insensible.
Alonzo, with Joe Cassarotti, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Cassarotti, and Giles Corder, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Corder, had been fishing in the river at the railroad junction and had taken shelter from the storm in a near-by shed. As the shed was open on one side the boys climbed up into the rafters, under the metal roof, and were seated there, some distance apart, when the bolt came.
Young Corder soon regained consciousness and going to the tower telephoned for assistance. Drs. L. F. Hasnbrough and Rob't. P. Cooke responded promptly and after more than an hour's work succeeded in resuscitating Cassarotti and he is now in a normal condition.
Baggarly was an employee of the silk mills and a most promising young man, enjoying the respect and good will of all who knew him. He was a consistent member of the M. E. Church and of the Modern Woodmen.
He is survived by his parents, two brothers Norman and Boyd and a sister, Pauline. The funeral took place from the M. E. Church Tuesday afternoon, the Woodmen attending in a body, and the interment was in Prospect Hill cemetery, Rev. D. L. Snyder officiating.
The Warren Sentinel, June 13, 1924
Contributor: dMf (47174180)
ALONZO BACGARLY KILLED BY LIGHTNING AND TWO COMPANIONS STUNNED
During the storm Sunday afternoon, Alonzo Baggarly, aged 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Baggarly of Front Royal was struck by lightning and instantly killed and his two companions were knocked insensible.
Alonzo, with Joe Cassarotti, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Cassarotti, and Giles Corder, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Corder, had been fishing in the river at the railroad junction and had taken shelter from the storm in a near-by shed. As the shed was open on one side the boys climbed up into the rafters, under the metal roof, and were seated there, some distance apart, when the bolt came.
Young Corder soon regained consciousness and going to the tower telephoned for assistance. Drs. L. F. Hasnbrough and Rob't. P. Cooke responded promptly and after more than an hour's work succeeded in resuscitating Cassarotti and he is now in a normal condition.
Baggarly was an employee of the silk mills and a most promising young man, enjoying the respect and good will of all who knew him. He was a consistent member of the M. E. Church and of the Modern Woodmen.
He is survived by his parents, two brothers Norman and Boyd and a sister, Pauline. The funeral took place from the M. E. Church Tuesday afternoon, the Woodmen attending in a body, and the interment was in Prospect Hill cemetery, Rev. D. L. Snyder officiating.
The Warren Sentinel, June 13, 1924
Contributor: dMf (47174180)
During the storm Sunday afternoon, Alonzo Baggarly, aged 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Baggarly of Front Royal was struck by lightning and instantly killed and his two companions were knocked insensible.
Alonzo, with Joe Cassarotti, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Cassarotti, and Giles Corder, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Corder, had been fishing in the river at the railroad junction and had taken shelter from the storm in a near-by shed. As the shed was open on one side the boys climbed up into the rafters, under the metal roof, and were seated there, some distance apart, when the bolt came.
Young Corder soon regained consciousness and going to the tower telephoned for assistance. Drs. L. F. Hasnbrough and Rob't. P. Cooke responded promptly and after more than an hour's work succeeded in resuscitating Cassarotti and he is now in a normal condition.
Baggarly was an employee of the silk mills and a most promising young man, enjoying the respect and good will of all who knew him. He was a consistent member of the M. E. Church and of the Modern Woodmen.
He is survived by his parents, two brothers Norman and Boyd and a sister, Pauline. The funeral took place from the M. E. Church Tuesday afternoon, the Woodmen attending in a body, and the interment was in Prospect Hill cemetery, Rev. D. L. Snyder officiating.
The Warren Sentinel, June 13, 1924
Contributor: dMf (47174180)
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