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. Â The men were Spencer Lockrow, 30, son of the owner of the farm, and two laborers, Simon Watson and Andrew Eckhard. Â Mrs. John Lockrow, mother of Spencer, stood by an open window watching the shower and saw the lightning strike the party. Â 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. Â The other two men were unmarked. Â The wagon and hay were
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