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Lightning Bolt Slays Three: Men Were Load of Hay Hurrying to Shelter of Barn During Storm When Bolt From Blue Struck

Albany, NY., Aug 5. — A single bolt of lightning at Grooms Corners killed instantly three men who were hurrying to the barn with a load of hay from a field on the Lockrow farm.  The men were Spencer Lockrow, 30, son of the owner of the farm, and two laborers, Simon Watson and Andrew Eckhard.  Mrs. John Lockrow, mother of Spencer, stood by an open window watching the shower and saw the lightning strike the party.  Besides the men the horses were killed.

When the bodies were recovered a slight scorch of his hair and a torn shoe were the only marks on Spencer.  The other two men were unmarked.  The wagon and hay were

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