6-Year-Old Boy Killed, His Brother Left Unconscious After Lightning Struck Abe Bolding Home, June 11, 1924

Child Killed by Lightning. . . 6-Year-Old Son of Mr. and Mrs. Abe Bolding of Westfield—Another Child Stunned by Same Stroke

The little 6-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Abe Bolding, who resides just this side of Westfield, was killed by lightning during a thunder storm Friday afternoon, and the 3-year-old brother of the dead boy was knocked unconscious by the same stroke of lightning.

When the storm came up Mr. and Mrs. bolding were away from home in the field at work. Lightning struck the house and came through the open door. The 8-year-old daughter, who was with the children, waded a swollen creek during the storm on her way to the field to tell her parents of the death of her little brother.

From the front page of the Danbury Reporter, Wednesday, June 11, 1924