Lumberton, Aug. 6—Estella, 4-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S.P. Davis of Mount Elim, and Bessie, 3-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F.Q. Willoughby of Barnsville were instantly killed by lightning which struck the Davis home. Ethel Willoughby, 8 years old, was stunned by the lightning and was completely paralyzed, without signs of life for an hour.
Mrs. S.P. Davis, Mrs. Arren Ivey and Mrs. Melvin Pierce were stunned by the bolt. The two children killed were on the porch of the building struck, having just reached the house from a tobacco barn, near by. The lightning first struck an oak tree near the house and apparently jumped from the tree to the house. The building was badly wrecked by the lightning. Mrs. Davis held a baby in her arms when the lightning stunned her, injuring her left arm, but the baby escaped unhurt.
Another daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Davis was standing within a few feet of the one killed, but was not hurt. Willoughby is a son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Davis and had gone to the Davis home to assist in barning tobacco.
From The Charlotte News, Sunday, Aug. 7, 1921
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