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- (Research):Floradale Farmer Killed
By Bolt of Lightning
STRUCK WHILE CROSSING OPEN FIELD AFTER
DELIVERING TELEPHONE MESSAGE TO NEIGHBOR
Walter W. Bauman, Floradale
farmer, aged 32 years, was struck
by a bolt of Lightning and instant-
ly killed on Thursday night while
crossing an open field after deliver-
ing a telephone message to a neigh-
bor who did not have a telephone..
It waws after he had delivered the
message a severe electric storm
broke suddenly and he was caught
out in the bad weather.
The body was found when a search
was instigated by his wife, who woke
up about three o'clock and finding
her husband had not returned, she
called neighbors wo formed a search
party. The deceased was found lying
face down, one hand in his pocket
and the other clutching his raincoat.
The back of his cap was burned and
one overall leg was tattered.
Mrs. Bauman did not feel uneasy
after her husband went on the er-
rand and went off to bed. It was
when she woke up at three o'clock
and discovered he had not returned
she thought something was wrong.
Phoning Mahlon Snider, a neighbour,
it was not long before the party
found the body.
Walter Bauman was a son of Mr.
and Mrs. Abraham Bauman and a
member of the Evangelical Church
and also an active member of the
Sunday School. He is survived by his
wife, the former Evelyn Bowman,
also four small sons, Clare, Kenneth,
David and James. Two brothers sur-
vive, Edward and Earle, of Floradale.
Funeral services were held at the
home and the Evangelical Church,
thence to the Union Cemetery, El-
mira, for interment. The funeral was
attended by a large number of rela-
tives and friend. Th body rested at
Dreisinger's Funeral Chapel follow-
in the accident.
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1911 - 1943 (32 years)
