John Deedy, employed by the Onarga Nursery Co., was killed and twelve other employees of the concern were injured when lightning struck a shack Thursday where they had taken refuge from the rain storm. Three horses were also killed by the same bolt.
When the storm came the men hastened to a wooden shed, and all were sitting about the building when the bolt hit the southwest corner of it, killing Deedy outright and rendering Robert Goodwin, a teamster, unconscious. Goodwin had brought his three horses to the doorway of the shack, placed the reins through a knot hole in the side of the building so that he could stand in the dry.
After the lightening struck the shack the men who were not injured rushed for the door but found the passage way blocked by the bodies of the three horses. A sledge was procured from one of the tool boxes and with this, a couple of boards were knocked from the side of the small structure, by the men, who rushed to the company's offices less than a half mile away. Doctors were summoned and when they arrived Goodwin had just started to revive. Hours of work were required to bring him to.
Mr. Deedy was aged 51 years, 3 months and 1 day. The funeral was held Sunday at Onarga after which the remains were laid to rest in Lyman Cemetery at Roberts.
He leaves a widow and several step children. Mrs. Deedy was formerly Miss Nettie Johnson of Roberts. Her first husband was Dr. Harry Patterson.
--Roberts Herald. 29 July 1927.
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