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Hollister, Oklahoma

Lightning Strike

June 1928

Bolt Kills Farm Hand.

Elbert Reaves, 20, young farm hand, was killed when struck by lightning near Hollister during a wind and hailstorm which leveled crops in an area four miles wide an [sic] ten miles long.

Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX 21 Jun 1928

       

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