SISTERS KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
Mrs. Simpson and Mrs. Drake, Standing Near Each Other, fall Dead at the Same Stroke and are Buried in Same Grave--Child also Hurt--Two Barns Burned and Other Damage Done by Lightning.
One stroke of lightning on Friday afternoon struck dead two sisters in Goose Creek township and they fell shoulder to shoulder on the piazza on which they had been standing. They were Mrs. Tempie Simpson, wife of Mr. Nathaniel Simpson, and Mrs. Frances Drake, wife of Mr. Fairly Drake. The two-year-old child of Mrs. Simpson, which she held by the hand, was also shocked and knocked down. Both of the families lived on the same farm, one belonging to Mr. Verne Brooks. the men were out plowing and drove to the house to escape the storm. The women ran out as they came up and shouted to them not to take the gear off the mules, but to put them in the stalls and run to the house. They were both on the piazza. Just then the lightning struck a tree near and they both fell dead. Their shoulders touched each other as they lay upon the floor. The deceased were daughters of Mr. Hampton Mullis of New Salem township. Mrs. Simpson was 30 years old and had three children. Mrs. Drake was 26 years old and leaves four children. Both were buried in the same grave at New Hope church Saturday, service being conducted by Rev. A. Marsh.
The Monroe Journal
Monroe, NC
Tuesday, June 16, 1914
Page 1
Mrs. Simpson and Mrs. Drake, Standing Near Each Other, fall Dead at the Same Stroke and are Buried in Same Grave--Child also Hurt--Two Barns Burned and Other Damage Done by Lightning.
One stroke of lightning on Friday afternoon struck dead two sisters in Goose Creek township and they fell shoulder to shoulder on the piazza on which they had been standing. They were Mrs. Tempie Simpson, wife of Mr. Nathaniel Simpson, and Mrs. Frances Drake, wife of Mr. Fairly Drake. The two-year-old child of Mrs. Simpson, which she held by the hand, was also shocked and knocked down. Both of the families lived on the same farm, one belonging to Mr. Verne Brooks. the men were out plowing and drove to the house to escape the storm. The women ran out as they came up and shouted to them not to take the gear off the mules, but to put them in the stalls and run to the house. They were both on the piazza. Just then the lightning struck a tree near and they both fell dead. Their shoulders touched each other as they lay upon the floor. The deceased were daughters of Mr. Hampton Mullis of New Salem township. Mrs. Simpson was 30 years old and had three children. Mrs. Drake was 26 years old and leaves four children. Both were buried in the same grave at New Hope church Saturday, service being conducted by Rev. A. Marsh.
The Monroe Journal
Monroe, NC
Tuesday, June 16, 1914
Page 1
SISTERS KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
Mrs. Simpson and Mrs. Drake, Standing Near Each Other, fall Dead at the Same Stroke and are Buried in Same Grave--Child also Hurt--Two Barns Burned and Other Damage Done by Lightning.
One stroke of lightning on Friday afternoon struck dead two sisters in Goose Creek township and they fell shoulder to shoulder on the piazza on which they had been standing. They were Mrs. Tempie Simpson, wife of Mr. Nathaniel Simpson, and Mrs. Frances Drake, wife of Mr. Fairly Drake. The two-year-old child of Mrs. Simpson, which she held by the hand, was also shocked and knocked down. Both of the families lived on the same farm, one belonging to Mr. Verne Brooks. the men were out plowing and drove to the house to escape the storm. The women ran out as they came up and shouted to them not to take the gear off the mules, but to put them in the stalls and run to the house. They were both on the piazza. Just then the lightning struck a tree near and they both fell dead. Their shoulders touched each other as they lay upon the floor. The deceased were daughters of Mr. Hampton Mullis of New Salem township. Mrs. Simpson was 30 years old and had three children. Mrs. Drake was 26 years old and leaves four children. Both were buried in the same grave at New Hope church Saturday, service being conducted by Rev. A. Marsh.
The Monroe Journal
Monroe, NC
Tuesday, June 16, 1914
Page 1
Mrs. Simpson and Mrs. Drake, Standing Near Each Other, fall Dead at the Same Stroke and are Buried in Same Grave--Child also Hurt--Two Barns Burned and Other Damage Done by Lightning.
One stroke of lightning on Friday afternoon struck dead two sisters in Goose Creek township and they fell shoulder to shoulder on the piazza on which they had been standing. They were Mrs. Tempie Simpson, wife of Mr. Nathaniel Simpson, and Mrs. Frances Drake, wife of Mr. Fairly Drake. The two-year-old child of Mrs. Simpson, which she held by the hand, was also shocked and knocked down. Both of the families lived on the same farm, one belonging to Mr. Verne Brooks. the men were out plowing and drove to the house to escape the storm. The women ran out as they came up and shouted to them not to take the gear off the mules, but to put them in the stalls and run to the house. They were both on the piazza. Just then the lightning struck a tree near and they both fell dead. Their shoulders touched each other as they lay upon the floor. The deceased were daughters of Mr. Hampton Mullis of New Salem township. Mrs. Simpson was 30 years old and had three children. Mrs. Drake was 26 years old and leaves four children. Both were buried in the same grave at New Hope church Saturday, service being conducted by Rev. A. Marsh.
The Monroe Journal
Monroe, NC
Tuesday, June 16, 1914
Page 1
Inscription
Wife of J.F. Drake
Children
Ollie
Floyd
Paul
Dora
Family Members
Siblings
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
