SEVERE ELECTRICAL STORM
Two People Die From Shock and Many Buildings Burned with Their Contents
The northern part of the state was again visited by a disastrous storm on Saturday evening and as a result three men were struck at Northood, Herkimer county, one of whom was killed and the other two maimed; a woman at Boonville died from the effect of shock caused by the lightning striking the house, and several barns with contents were burned. Utica and Rome and various other places in this county also suffered more or less from the severity of the storm, which was one of the worst of the season.
In the case" of the men struck at Northwood they were all walking under the same umbrella and as the wind was very strong all had hold of the steel handle when they were struck. They were Nellis Bronson. his son Edwin, aged 20 years, and Jesse Robie, about the same age. Edwin Bronson was instantly killed and the other two shocked into unconsciousness. They lay in the highway for three-quarters of an hour before assistance reached them. They were only a short distance from the village. The beating of the rain upon their faces helped to restore Robie and the elder Bronson. Young Robie was the first to recover and his cries for help were heard by Mr. Rohman, who took them in. Patches of skin were burned off Robie's legs and hip and the elder Bronson was burned about the back, but
not so severely as Robie. The lightning almost stripped the clothes from young Edwin Bronson. His hair was burned and his left leg was lacerated. A most singular thing is that the bolt ripped the left shoe off each of the three men. Waterville Times, Friday, September 8. 1911
LIGHTNING STRUCK THREE
ONE MAN INSTANTLY KILLED
The Other Two Lay Unconscious in the Rain for Half an Hour or More - Edwin Bronson Victim of Storm Fatality Near Northwood - The Three Men Under One Umbrella.
Northwood, Sept. 3. - Three men were struck by lightning a short distance north of this village during the electric storm last night. One of them, Edwin Bronson, was instantly killed. The other two, Nellis Bronson, and Jesse Robie, was knocked unconscious and severely injured but will survive the shock.
A peculiar feature was that the three were under one umbrella and all had hold of the steel handle when the bolt struck them.
Early last evening Nellis Bronson and Edwin, his son, a young man aged 20, with young Robie, who was about the same age as Edwin, started from Wheelertown which is some three miles north of here, for this village. They were intending to attend a dance which was held in the Spears residence, lately vacated on account of the property being taken for barge canal purposes. While the three men were on their way, a great thunder storm rolled up from the west. Every few seconds flashes of lightning zig-zagged from the cloud which stretched across the heavens, and the roll of thunder sounded nearer and nearer. When the storm finally struck the three they raised the one umbrella which they had with them and all got under it. A strong wind came with the rain, and to hold the umbrella against the storm, all three took hold of the handle, which was of steel. They were near the home of Henry Rohman, about half a mile north of the village, when they were struck. All three fell, the younger Bronson, never to rise. The bolt struck about a quarter past 8 o'clock and the two survivors lay there in the mud and rain unconscious beside the dead youth, for half or three-quarters of an hour. Then Robie's senses returned and he began calling for help. Mr. Rohman heard him from his house nearby, and taking a lantern and accompanied by his brother, went to the scene. The two living men they carried to the house where they secured a blanket which was thrown over young Edwins's body. Then they took Nellis Bronson and Robie to William Light's hotel in the village.
By the telephone Dr. Maberer of Hinckley was summoned and responded as rapidly as an automobile could make the six miles of rough road through the darkness and storm. It was a wild ride and one that the doctor will be likely to remember. His first care was for the injured men at Light's hotel. Both were by this time conscious. Robie was the worst burned. From both his hips and his left leg big patches of the skin was burned and his legs were paralyzed. Mr. Bronson was not so badly scorched by the electrical discharge, though he received burns on the back, but he suffered severely from shock and was temporarily paralyzed. A peculiar effect of the lightning was that the left shoe was torn from each of the three men who were struck. The doctor dressed the wounds which the men received and about 4 in the morning they were taken to their homes.
In the meantime, Dr. Haberer, who is also a coroner, had ordered Edwin Bronson's body removed from the road to the shelter of the Methodist church and later it was taken to the Bronson home at Wheelertown. The effect of the fatal lightning stroke was shown on the young man's left leg, which was lacerated and the clothing had been torn from it. His hair was burned. As Dr. Haberer is a coroner of Oneida County and the casualty occurred in Herkimer County, outside of his jurisdiction, he called up Coroner Cyrus W. Kay of Herkimer and informed him of the facts. This forenoon Coroner Kay came here in company with Dr. Haberer and performed the duties of his office. Dr. Haberer visited the two injured men again about 11 o'clock this morning, and dressed their injuries. He found them considerably improved and their recovery is expected.
It is thought probable that the steel handle of the umbrella which the men raised to protect them from the rain, attracted the lightning, and the fact that all three suffered injury is doubtless due to the fact that all of them had hold of the handle.
Mrs. Bronson, with her other son Ralph, at the time when the sad event occurred, was in New Hartford visiting her husband's sister, Mrs. George Haggerty. Word was gotten to them this morning, and they immediately started for home.
Edward Bronson, 71, died at his home, 704 Oriskany Street at 11 last night Nov. 30, 1936. Mr. Bronson was born in the Town of Wilmurt, Dec. 4, 1867. He attended the Methodist Church. He was married June 4,1887 to Ida May Sweet, who survives with three daughters, Mrs. Alma Detraglia, Syracuse, and Mrs. Lydia Porter and Mrs. Pansy Damians, both of Utica; a brother, Nelson Bronson, Utica; two sisters, Mrs. Nora Sturtebrandt Utica, and Mrs. Stella Robey, Hinckley; four grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Pg. 13, The Utica Observer Dispatch, Tuesday, December 1, 1936
Two People Die From Shock and Many Buildings Burned with Their Contents
The northern part of the state was again visited by a disastrous storm on Saturday evening and as a result three men were struck at Northood, Herkimer county, one of whom was killed and the other two maimed; a woman at Boonville died from the effect of shock caused by the lightning striking the house, and several barns with contents were burned. Utica and Rome and various other places in this county also suffered more or less from the severity of the storm, which was one of the worst of the season.
In the case" of the men struck at Northwood they were all walking under the same umbrella and as the wind was very strong all had hold of the steel handle when they were struck. They were Nellis Bronson. his son Edwin, aged 20 years, and Jesse Robie, about the same age. Edwin Bronson was instantly killed and the other two shocked into unconsciousness. They lay in the highway for three-quarters of an hour before assistance reached them. They were only a short distance from the village. The beating of the rain upon their faces helped to restore Robie and the elder Bronson. Young Robie was the first to recover and his cries for help were heard by Mr. Rohman, who took them in. Patches of skin were burned off Robie's legs and hip and the elder Bronson was burned about the back, but
not so severely as Robie. The lightning almost stripped the clothes from young Edwin Bronson. His hair was burned and his left leg was lacerated. A most singular thing is that the bolt ripped the left shoe off each of the three men. Waterville Times, Friday, September 8. 1911
LIGHTNING STRUCK THREE
ONE MAN INSTANTLY KILLED
The Other Two Lay Unconscious in the Rain for Half an Hour or More - Edwin Bronson Victim of Storm Fatality Near Northwood - The Three Men Under One Umbrella.
Northwood, Sept. 3. - Three men were struck by lightning a short distance north of this village during the electric storm last night. One of them, Edwin Bronson, was instantly killed. The other two, Nellis Bronson, and Jesse Robie, was knocked unconscious and severely injured but will survive the shock.
A peculiar feature was that the three were under one umbrella and all had hold of the steel handle when the bolt struck them.
Early last evening Nellis Bronson and Edwin, his son, a young man aged 20, with young Robie, who was about the same age as Edwin, started from Wheelertown which is some three miles north of here, for this village. They were intending to attend a dance which was held in the Spears residence, lately vacated on account of the property being taken for barge canal purposes. While the three men were on their way, a great thunder storm rolled up from the west. Every few seconds flashes of lightning zig-zagged from the cloud which stretched across the heavens, and the roll of thunder sounded nearer and nearer. When the storm finally struck the three they raised the one umbrella which they had with them and all got under it. A strong wind came with the rain, and to hold the umbrella against the storm, all three took hold of the handle, which was of steel. They were near the home of Henry Rohman, about half a mile north of the village, when they were struck. All three fell, the younger Bronson, never to rise. The bolt struck about a quarter past 8 o'clock and the two survivors lay there in the mud and rain unconscious beside the dead youth, for half or three-quarters of an hour. Then Robie's senses returned and he began calling for help. Mr. Rohman heard him from his house nearby, and taking a lantern and accompanied by his brother, went to the scene. The two living men they carried to the house where they secured a blanket which was thrown over young Edwins's body. Then they took Nellis Bronson and Robie to William Light's hotel in the village.
By the telephone Dr. Maberer of Hinckley was summoned and responded as rapidly as an automobile could make the six miles of rough road through the darkness and storm. It was a wild ride and one that the doctor will be likely to remember. His first care was for the injured men at Light's hotel. Both were by this time conscious. Robie was the worst burned. From both his hips and his left leg big patches of the skin was burned and his legs were paralyzed. Mr. Bronson was not so badly scorched by the electrical discharge, though he received burns on the back, but he suffered severely from shock and was temporarily paralyzed. A peculiar effect of the lightning was that the left shoe was torn from each of the three men who were struck. The doctor dressed the wounds which the men received and about 4 in the morning they were taken to their homes.
In the meantime, Dr. Haberer, who is also a coroner, had ordered Edwin Bronson's body removed from the road to the shelter of the Methodist church and later it was taken to the Bronson home at Wheelertown. The effect of the fatal lightning stroke was shown on the young man's left leg, which was lacerated and the clothing had been torn from it. His hair was burned. As Dr. Haberer is a coroner of Oneida County and the casualty occurred in Herkimer County, outside of his jurisdiction, he called up Coroner Cyrus W. Kay of Herkimer and informed him of the facts. This forenoon Coroner Kay came here in company with Dr. Haberer and performed the duties of his office. Dr. Haberer visited the two injured men again about 11 o'clock this morning, and dressed their injuries. He found them considerably improved and their recovery is expected.
It is thought probable that the steel handle of the umbrella which the men raised to protect them from the rain, attracted the lightning, and the fact that all three suffered injury is doubtless due to the fact that all of them had hold of the handle.
Mrs. Bronson, with her other son Ralph, at the time when the sad event occurred, was in New Hartford visiting her husband's sister, Mrs. George Haggerty. Word was gotten to them this morning, and they immediately started for home.
Edward Bronson, 71, died at his home, 704 Oriskany Street at 11 last night Nov. 30, 1936. Mr. Bronson was born in the Town of Wilmurt, Dec. 4, 1867. He attended the Methodist Church. He was married June 4,1887 to Ida May Sweet, who survives with three daughters, Mrs. Alma Detraglia, Syracuse, and Mrs. Lydia Porter and Mrs. Pansy Damians, both of Utica; a brother, Nelson Bronson, Utica; two sisters, Mrs. Nora Sturtebrandt Utica, and Mrs. Stella Robey, Hinckley; four grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Pg. 13, The Utica Observer Dispatch, Tuesday, December 1, 1936
SEVERE ELECTRICAL STORM
Two People Die From Shock and Many Buildings Burned with Their Contents
The northern part of the state was again visited by a disastrous storm on Saturday evening and as a result three men were struck at Northood, Herkimer county, one of whom was killed and the other two maimed; a woman at Boonville died from the effect of shock caused by the lightning striking the house, and several barns with contents were burned. Utica and Rome and various other places in this county also suffered more or less from the severity of the storm, which was one of the worst of the season.
In the case" of the men struck at Northwood they were all walking under the same umbrella and as the wind was very strong all had hold of the steel handle when they were struck. They were Nellis Bronson. his son Edwin, aged 20 years, and Jesse Robie, about the same age. Edwin Bronson was instantly killed and the other two shocked into unconsciousness. They lay in the highway for three-quarters of an hour before assistance reached them. They were only a short distance from the village. The beating of the rain upon their faces helped to restore Robie and the elder Bronson. Young Robie was the first to recover and his cries for help were heard by Mr. Rohman, who took them in. Patches of skin were burned off Robie's legs and hip and the elder Bronson was burned about the back, but
not so severely as Robie. The lightning almost stripped the clothes from young Edwin Bronson. His hair was burned and his left leg was lacerated. A most singular thing is that the bolt ripped the left shoe off each of the three men. Waterville Times, Friday, September 8. 1911
LIGHTNING STRUCK THREE
ONE MAN INSTANTLY KILLED
The Other Two Lay Unconscious in the Rain for Half an Hour or More - Edwin Bronson Victim of Storm Fatality Near Northwood - The Three Men Under One Umbrella.
Northwood, Sept. 3. - Three men were struck by lightning a short distance north of this village during the electric storm last night. One of them, Edwin Bronson, was instantly killed. The other two, Nellis Bronson, and Jesse Robie, was knocked unconscious and severely injured but will survive the shock.
A peculiar feature was that the three were under one umbrella and all had hold of the steel handle when the bolt struck them.
Early last evening Nellis Bronson and Edwin, his son, a young man aged 20, with young Robie, who was about the same age as Edwin, started from Wheelertown which is some three miles north of here, for this village. They were intending to attend a dance which was held in the Spears residence, lately vacated on account of the property being taken for barge canal purposes. While the three men were on their way, a great thunder storm rolled up from the west. Every few seconds flashes of lightning zig-zagged from the cloud which stretched across the heavens, and the roll of thunder sounded nearer and nearer. When the storm finally struck the three they raised the one umbrella which they had with them and all got under it. A strong wind came with the rain, and to hold the umbrella against the storm, all three took hold of the handle, which was of steel. They were near the home of Henry Rohman, about half a mile north of the village, when they were struck. All three fell, the younger Bronson, never to rise. The bolt struck about a quarter past 8 o'clock and the two survivors lay there in the mud and rain unconscious beside the dead youth, for half or three-quarters of an hour. Then Robie's senses returned and he began calling for help. Mr. Rohman heard him from his house nearby, and taking a lantern and accompanied by his brother, went to the scene. The two living men they carried to the house where they secured a blanket which was thrown over young Edwins's body. Then they took Nellis Bronson and Robie to William Light's hotel in the village.
By the telephone Dr. Maberer of Hinckley was summoned and responded as rapidly as an automobile could make the six miles of rough road through the darkness and storm. It was a wild ride and one that the doctor will be likely to remember. His first care was for the injured men at Light's hotel. Both were by this time conscious. Robie was the worst burned. From both his hips and his left leg big patches of the skin was burned and his legs were paralyzed. Mr. Bronson was not so badly scorched by the electrical discharge, though he received burns on the back, but he suffered severely from shock and was temporarily paralyzed. A peculiar effect of the lightning was that the left shoe was torn from each of the three men who were struck. The doctor dressed the wounds which the men received and about 4 in the morning they were taken to their homes.
In the meantime, Dr. Haberer, who is also a coroner, had ordered Edwin Bronson's body removed from the road to the shelter of the Methodist church and later it was taken to the Bronson home at Wheelertown. The effect of the fatal lightning stroke was shown on the young man's left leg, which was lacerated and the clothing had been torn from it. His hair was burned. As Dr. Haberer is a coroner of Oneida County and the casualty occurred in Herkimer County, outside of his jurisdiction, he called up Coroner Cyrus W. Kay of Herkimer and informed him of the facts. This forenoon Coroner Kay came here in company with Dr. Haberer and performed the duties of his office. Dr. Haberer visited the two injured men again about 11 o'clock this morning, and dressed their injuries. He found them considerably improved and their recovery is expected.
It is thought probable that the steel handle of the umbrella which the men raised to protect them from the rain, attracted the lightning, and the fact that all three suffered injury is doubtless due to the fact that all of them had hold of the handle.
Mrs. Bronson, with her other son Ralph, at the time when the sad event occurred, was in New Hartford visiting her husband's sister, Mrs. George Haggerty. Word was gotten to them this morning, and they immediately started for home.
Edward Bronson, 71, died at his home, 704 Oriskany Street at 11 last night Nov. 30, 1936. Mr. Bronson was born in the Town of Wilmurt, Dec. 4, 1867. He attended the Methodist Church. He was married June 4,1887 to Ida May Sweet, who survives with three daughters, Mrs. Alma Detraglia, Syracuse, and Mrs. Lydia Porter and Mrs. Pansy Damians, both of Utica; a brother, Nelson Bronson, Utica; two sisters, Mrs. Nora Sturtebrandt Utica, and Mrs. Stella Robey, Hinckley; four grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Pg. 13, The Utica Observer Dispatch, Tuesday, December 1, 1936
Two People Die From Shock and Many Buildings Burned with Their Contents
The northern part of the state was again visited by a disastrous storm on Saturday evening and as a result three men were struck at Northood, Herkimer county, one of whom was killed and the other two maimed; a woman at Boonville died from the effect of shock caused by the lightning striking the house, and several barns with contents were burned. Utica and Rome and various other places in this county also suffered more or less from the severity of the storm, which was one of the worst of the season.
In the case" of the men struck at Northwood they were all walking under the same umbrella and as the wind was very strong all had hold of the steel handle when they were struck. They were Nellis Bronson. his son Edwin, aged 20 years, and Jesse Robie, about the same age. Edwin Bronson was instantly killed and the other two shocked into unconsciousness. They lay in the highway for three-quarters of an hour before assistance reached them. They were only a short distance from the village. The beating of the rain upon their faces helped to restore Robie and the elder Bronson. Young Robie was the first to recover and his cries for help were heard by Mr. Rohman, who took them in. Patches of skin were burned off Robie's legs and hip and the elder Bronson was burned about the back, but
not so severely as Robie. The lightning almost stripped the clothes from young Edwin Bronson. His hair was burned and his left leg was lacerated. A most singular thing is that the bolt ripped the left shoe off each of the three men. Waterville Times, Friday, September 8. 1911
LIGHTNING STRUCK THREE
ONE MAN INSTANTLY KILLED
The Other Two Lay Unconscious in the Rain for Half an Hour or More - Edwin Bronson Victim of Storm Fatality Near Northwood - The Three Men Under One Umbrella.
Northwood, Sept. 3. - Three men were struck by lightning a short distance north of this village during the electric storm last night. One of them, Edwin Bronson, was instantly killed. The other two, Nellis Bronson, and Jesse Robie, was knocked unconscious and severely injured but will survive the shock.
A peculiar feature was that the three were under one umbrella and all had hold of the steel handle when the bolt struck them.
Early last evening Nellis Bronson and Edwin, his son, a young man aged 20, with young Robie, who was about the same age as Edwin, started from Wheelertown which is some three miles north of here, for this village. They were intending to attend a dance which was held in the Spears residence, lately vacated on account of the property being taken for barge canal purposes. While the three men were on their way, a great thunder storm rolled up from the west. Every few seconds flashes of lightning zig-zagged from the cloud which stretched across the heavens, and the roll of thunder sounded nearer and nearer. When the storm finally struck the three they raised the one umbrella which they had with them and all got under it. A strong wind came with the rain, and to hold the umbrella against the storm, all three took hold of the handle, which was of steel. They were near the home of Henry Rohman, about half a mile north of the village, when they were struck. All three fell, the younger Bronson, never to rise. The bolt struck about a quarter past 8 o'clock and the two survivors lay there in the mud and rain unconscious beside the dead youth, for half or three-quarters of an hour. Then Robie's senses returned and he began calling for help. Mr. Rohman heard him from his house nearby, and taking a lantern and accompanied by his brother, went to the scene. The two living men they carried to the house where they secured a blanket which was thrown over young Edwins's body. Then they took Nellis Bronson and Robie to William Light's hotel in the village.
By the telephone Dr. Maberer of Hinckley was summoned and responded as rapidly as an automobile could make the six miles of rough road through the darkness and storm. It was a wild ride and one that the doctor will be likely to remember. His first care was for the injured men at Light's hotel. Both were by this time conscious. Robie was the worst burned. From both his hips and his left leg big patches of the skin was burned and his legs were paralyzed. Mr. Bronson was not so badly scorched by the electrical discharge, though he received burns on the back, but he suffered severely from shock and was temporarily paralyzed. A peculiar effect of the lightning was that the left shoe was torn from each of the three men who were struck. The doctor dressed the wounds which the men received and about 4 in the morning they were taken to their homes.
In the meantime, Dr. Haberer, who is also a coroner, had ordered Edwin Bronson's body removed from the road to the shelter of the Methodist church and later it was taken to the Bronson home at Wheelertown. The effect of the fatal lightning stroke was shown on the young man's left leg, which was lacerated and the clothing had been torn from it. His hair was burned. As Dr. Haberer is a coroner of Oneida County and the casualty occurred in Herkimer County, outside of his jurisdiction, he called up Coroner Cyrus W. Kay of Herkimer and informed him of the facts. This forenoon Coroner Kay came here in company with Dr. Haberer and performed the duties of his office. Dr. Haberer visited the two injured men again about 11 o'clock this morning, and dressed their injuries. He found them considerably improved and their recovery is expected.
It is thought probable that the steel handle of the umbrella which the men raised to protect them from the rain, attracted the lightning, and the fact that all three suffered injury is doubtless due to the fact that all of them had hold of the handle.
Mrs. Bronson, with her other son Ralph, at the time when the sad event occurred, was in New Hartford visiting her husband's sister, Mrs. George Haggerty. Word was gotten to them this morning, and they immediately started for home.
Edward Bronson, 71, died at his home, 704 Oriskany Street at 11 last night Nov. 30, 1936. Mr. Bronson was born in the Town of Wilmurt, Dec. 4, 1867. He attended the Methodist Church. He was married June 4,1887 to Ida May Sweet, who survives with three daughters, Mrs. Alma Detraglia, Syracuse, and Mrs. Lydia Porter and Mrs. Pansy Damians, both of Utica; a brother, Nelson Bronson, Utica; two sisters, Mrs. Nora Sturtebrandt Utica, and Mrs. Stella Robey, Hinckley; four grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Pg. 13, The Utica Observer Dispatch, Tuesday, December 1, 1936
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