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Author: RedRiverTXOK
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The State Tribune
Muskogee, Oklahoma
Thursday, September 26, 1907
Killed by Lightning
Lawton, Ok., Sept. 23: BERT CHANCE, a young man 24 years old, while driving through the
gate of the Fort Sill Reservation yesterday afternoon on his way to town with a load of
hay, was struck by lightning and killed. One side of his face and parts of his body were
burned. His father, who driving behind him, was also shocked, but not dangerously injured.
The accident happened during a fierce thunder storm and several reports of peopled having
been shocked by lightning have been received here today.
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