The men were engaged in lopping willows, when
the violence of the rain compelled them to take refuge under a
hedge. Three of the men entered a shed near by, but Orman
remained by the willow, close to the window of the shed. Scarcely
were the three inside when a lightning-stroke entered the door,
crossed the shed, and passed out the window, which it blew before
it into the field. The men noticed that the tree under which
Orman stood was stripped of its bark. Their companion's boots
stood close to the foot of the tree, while the man himself lay
almost perfectly naked a few yards further on, calling for help.
When they left him a few moments previously, he was completely
clad in a cotton shirt, cotton jacket, flannel vest, and cotton
trousers, secured at the waist with leather straps and buckles.
Orman also wore a pair of stout hobnail boots, and had a watch
and chain. After the lightning-stroke, however, all he had on him
was the left arm of his flannel vest. The field was strewn for
some distance with fragments of the unfortunate man's clothing.
Orman was thrown down, his eyebrows burned off, and his whiskers
and beard much scorched. His chest was covered with superficial
burns, and he had sustained a fracture of the leg.
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