Submitted by
Loyd Bishop

S.H. CRAWFORD KILLED

Was Struck by Lightening at the Home of
Mr. Rhody West of Town.

S.H. Crawford was struck by lightening and instantly killed last evening at the home of Mr. Rhody west of town. Mr. Crawford was just completing a house for Rhody assisted by Ayers, of Blackwell. The storm came and Mrs. Rhody prevailed on all but Crawford and Ayers to go to the cyclone cave. Mr. Rhody was in Blackwell at the lake. Mr. Crawford was standing in the door with his hand uplifted against the easing when the lightening struck the house. It ran down his arm and killed him instantly. Mr. Ayers was knocked down by the shock.
Mr. Ayers started to Blackwell immediately to convey the sad intelligence to the deceased’s family but was compelled to turn back on account of high water. The news did not reach his folks until 8 o’clock this morning when Ayers arrived in town. Undertaker Kyger brought in the remains of Crawford about noon.
The deceased was fifty years of age and leaves wife and seven children. The oldest of the children is 20, the youngest, 13 months. Their names are respectively, Belle, Florence, Newton, May Henry, Emma and Violet. Miss Florence has been in Enid but will arrive this evening to attend the funeral. The deceased’s parents live about nine miles southwest of Blackwell and they will also be present on the funeral occasion.
Mr. Crawford came to Blackwell on the opening of the Strip and has been here ever since. He was a carpenter by trade and did much in building up Blackwell. He came here from Kansas where he went from his birthplace, Lawrence County, Indiana, at the age of 23 years.