KILLED BY LIGHTNING.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 3, 1 December 1883, Page 2

KILLED BY LIGHTNING.

— — , ♦ — — ' A Strange Story. A. "W.' ! Taylor, Llano, Texas,' writing to the editor of the Lampasas Daily Globe, says:— -" A very singular discovery was made on the Gribble ranch, located on. the road between this place and your city. Mr Robert Gribblej of the ranch, was rounding up a bunch of cattle, and upon entering a- secluded spot about' one hundred yards from the road hrsuddenly came. upon what once_ bad boon an elegant carriage; it was under a large treei ana was probably driven there for shelter from a storm. The tree was shattered by lightning, as wa^ also a part of the carriage, within the closed curtains o| which were found the remains of three growh, persons and a little girl, all sitting bold. .upright on the seats, as if m life ; on the front seat was the driver ahij a little boy. At least two or three years must have elapsed since they m t their singular fate, as their bodies are-dried up, and resemble m appearance so many mummies, the skeletons of the horses remain, the. .'tires of. the wTleehi are rusty and loose, and the leather top weatherworn and &ded. 4- small travelling trunk contains a lot of clothjng and travellers'-" ''outfit, also letters a'ddvessetPtd' 'James S.G. Chamberlain, Lbndjbn, England. .It ' w ..presumed .tliat J they were* tourists from .Englani, _w£p were journeying m their . private , conveyance, when tire Angel of JD.eajth arrestecl them, m" their career, and turned' their flue equipage iuio their temporary tomb." r -,; ''