Plainville Times, Plainville KS Aug 10 1893
Killed by lightning
Report comes from Codell that Mrs John Shutts, living 2 1/2 miles southwest of Codell, was killed by lightning last night during the rain storm. The Shutts family, which consisted of husband, wife and four small children recently moved into a new house and last night were sleeping in the upper story of the house. The husband, wife and baby were sleeping in a bed which had been placed against the side of the room, and as the roof was low the bed posts on the lower side touched the ceiling. The wife lay on the backside of the bed, the baby in the center and the husband at the front side. The stroke which did the fatal work struck the chimney and ran down both sides of the roof, one of the paths being directly over where Mrs Stutts lay. The stroke only served to awaken Mr Shutts and when he had lighted a lamp he found his wife had been instantly killed. There were no marks of violence on her person, but the pillow on which she was resting was set on fire and there was a slight mark on the bedstead showing the course of the lightning. The little infant at her side was unharmed and the three children who were sleeping on the opposite side of the room were not even awakened.
Mr and Mrs Shutts moved to his county from Illinois and have lived here nine or ten years. Deep sympathy is freely expressed for the husband and the bereft little ones.
Killed by lightning
Report comes from Codell that Mrs John Shutts, living 2 1/2 miles southwest of Codell, was killed by lightning last night during the rain storm. The Shutts family, which consisted of husband, wife and four small children recently moved into a new house and last night were sleeping in the upper story of the house. The husband, wife and baby were sleeping in a bed which had been placed against the side of the room, and as the roof was low the bed posts on the lower side touched the ceiling. The wife lay on the backside of the bed, the baby in the center and the husband at the front side. The stroke which did the fatal work struck the chimney and ran down both sides of the roof, one of the paths being directly over where Mrs Stutts lay. The stroke only served to awaken Mr Shutts and when he had lighted a lamp he found his wife had been instantly killed. There were no marks of violence on her person, but the pillow on which she was resting was set on fire and there was a slight mark on the bedstead showing the course of the lightning. The little infant at her side was unharmed and the three children who were sleeping on the opposite side of the room were not even awakened.
Mr and Mrs Shutts moved to his county from Illinois and have lived here nine or ten years. Deep sympathy is freely expressed for the husband and the bereft little ones.
Plainville Times, Plainville KS Aug 10 1893
Killed by lightning
Report comes from Codell that Mrs John Shutts, living 2 1/2 miles southwest of Codell, was killed by lightning last night during the rain storm. The Shutts family, which consisted of husband, wife and four small children recently moved into a new house and last night were sleeping in the upper story of the house. The husband, wife and baby were sleeping in a bed which had been placed against the side of the room, and as the roof was low the bed posts on the lower side touched the ceiling. The wife lay on the backside of the bed, the baby in the center and the husband at the front side. The stroke which did the fatal work struck the chimney and ran down both sides of the roof, one of the paths being directly over where Mrs Stutts lay. The stroke only served to awaken Mr Shutts and when he had lighted a lamp he found his wife had been instantly killed. There were no marks of violence on her person, but the pillow on which she was resting was set on fire and there was a slight mark on the bedstead showing the course of the lightning. The little infant at her side was unharmed and the three children who were sleeping on the opposite side of the room were not even awakened.
Mr and Mrs Shutts moved to his county from Illinois and have lived here nine or ten years. Deep sympathy is freely expressed for the husband and the bereft little ones.
Killed by lightning
Report comes from Codell that Mrs John Shutts, living 2 1/2 miles southwest of Codell, was killed by lightning last night during the rain storm. The Shutts family, which consisted of husband, wife and four small children recently moved into a new house and last night were sleeping in the upper story of the house. The husband, wife and baby were sleeping in a bed which had been placed against the side of the room, and as the roof was low the bed posts on the lower side touched the ceiling. The wife lay on the backside of the bed, the baby in the center and the husband at the front side. The stroke which did the fatal work struck the chimney and ran down both sides of the roof, one of the paths being directly over where Mrs Stutts lay. The stroke only served to awaken Mr Shutts and when he had lighted a lamp he found his wife had been instantly killed. There were no marks of violence on her person, but the pillow on which she was resting was set on fire and there was a slight mark on the bedstead showing the course of the lightning. The little infant at her side was unharmed and the three children who were sleeping on the opposite side of the room were not even awakened.
Mr and Mrs Shutts moved to his county from Illinois and have lived here nine or ten years. Deep sympathy is freely expressed for the husband and the bereft little ones.
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