This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kirby, Earle Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mAB.2ACE/2551 Message Board Post: Killed By Lightning Last Sunday night, at St. Charles, a young colored man named Bailey KIRBY was instantly killed by a bolt of lightning. He was returning from church and has just passed the family of Louis EARLE a few moments previous, and had reached an open pasture near the cemetery when the fatal bolt fell upon him. His body was so badly burned that it was a difficult task to prepare it for burial. His shoes were literally burnt off his feet and his clothing gave evidence that the stroke was one of unusual severity. He was about 20 years of age and was a comparative stranger. From letters found upon his person he evidently came from Pembroke, Ky. Telegrams to parties at that place have so far elicited no information. (Source: Earlington Bee, Thur., Mar. 22, 1894)