Cork Examiner 12 July 1893 PT.1 pg.5 Shocking Fatality in Co. Cork. Two Men Killed By Lightning. Narrow Escapes. Clonakility, Tuesday "A shocking fatality occurred by lightning last evening at Knocks. five miles from Clonakility, whereby two men named Neill and Sullivan were instantantly killed, and three others severely injured. During a severe thunderstorm they retired for safety from a forge to Neill's house, and while there the deplorable incident occurred. Neill was a farmer's son and Sullivan a blacksmith. The awful calamity has created quite a shock in the district. Writing last evening our correspondent stated - From further particulars to hand regarding the lighting fatality at Knocks, it appears that during the severe thunderstorm that prevailed between six and seven o'clock on Monday evening, some parties were in Sullivan's forge and for safety retreated to his house, which is quiet adjacent. Thet were not long there when a tremendous crash came. Removing the greater portion of the slates off the roof the lightning burst down through the kitchen killing instantly Patrick Neill, aged 20, son of a repectable farmer, living a short distance away, and Patrick Sullivan , over 40, the owner of the forge and house. Two young men of the Neills escaped with slight injuries, and Sullivan's wife was unharmed. A dog and a hen were also killed instantaneously. The floor was torn and rooted, and the ground for a considerable distance, and the grass, furze, (?) scorched and burnt. The door posts were cut clean away, and consternation in the locality and cast a gloom over the place, and the like never occurred in the district. The bodies bear but very slight traces of the awfully sudden death they came by, and also the other men of the injuries they sustained. The Corner has been communicated with, and an inquest will be held. " Aine