A. J. Cramer-Struck by Lightning-1889

CRAMER, PAUL

Posted By: cheryl Locher moonen (email)
Date: 1/11/2020 at 17:00:04

Evening Times-Republican, Saturday, Jun 27, 1914, Marshalltown, IA, Page: 7

HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST TWENTY-
FIVE YEARS AGO IN MARSHALLTOWN

A. J. Cramer, aged 52, a well-known farmer of Logan Township, and a resident of the township for thirty-five years, was struck by lightning and killed at the Paul farm, near Laurel. Mr. Cramer was on his way to Laurel when a storm overtook him. He drove into the Paul barnyard, put up his horses, and was leaning against a post in the stable when the bar was struck. Cramer was killed instantly and the barn was ignited but not burned.