AUBURN FARMER KILLED
Duncan Henderson Struck by Lightning While in Hay Field.
Duncan Henderson, 62*, a farmer living near Auburn, southwest of Topeka, was instantly killed by lightning which struck the hay stack he and Albert Koci, of Auburn, had sought for shelter during a rain storm Tuesday afternoon. Koci was injured.
The two men had been stacking hay when a thunder cloud approached as they were working on their second stack. They sought shelter at the first, with the team of horses, where the bolt struck Henderson and the team, igniting the hay.
Henderson was born February 16, 1869*, in Argyleshire, Scotland, and came to the United States in 1883. He went to Auburn, where he was a member of the Auburn Presbyterian church and of the Odd Fellows lodge of Dover.
He is survived by his widow; three daughters, Elizabeth, Irma, and Rella, of the home address; three sisters, Mrs. Mary Whitten and Janette and Jackie Henderson, Auburn, and five brothers, Robert, John, Donald, and Humphrey Henderson, all of Auburn, and James Henderson, Seattle, Wash.
Funeral services will be held at the Dover Federated church Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Burial will be in Dover cemetery.
(As printed in the Topeka State Journal – August 5, 1931 pg. 6A col. 1—the asterisks are added and denote factual errors in the article. *Duncan Henderson was born Feb. 16, 1879 and was 52 when he died.)
