The Meriden Message Jefferson County Friday September 4, 1931 Lightning Kills Boy. Ralph Austin, 15-year-old son of Guy NOEL, farmer who lives northeast of Rock Creek, was killed Monday evening, when a bolt of lightning struck him as he was driving in the cows from pasture. He had planned to enter Rock Creek high school this fall. Funeral services were held at the U.B. church in Rock Creek and burial was in Valley Falls cemetery.