1953 — Apr 29, lightning hits oil tank, explosion, group of homes catch fire, Kilgore, TX–5

–5 AP. “Storm Front Leaves Texas After 9 Killed.” Abilene Reporter-News, TX. 4-29-1953, p.1.

Narrative Information

April 29, AP: “….Lightning stabbed out of a rain-storm at Kilgore and set fire to an oil tank. Five persons burned to death….Kilgore’s deadly bolt of lightning hit an oil tank near a group of …homes. Killed were Mrs. Christine Beck, 34; her two children, Lorenzo, 6, and Elizabeth, 4; Brenda Alexander, 4, and an elderly woman believed to be the Alexander child’s grandmother.” (AP. “Storm Front Leaves Texas After 9 Killed.” Abilene Reporter-News, TX. 4-29-1953, p. 1.)

Sources

Associated Press. “Storm Front Leaves Texas After 9 Killed.” Abilene Reporter-News, TX. 4-29-1953, p. 1. Accessed 5-28-2023: https://newspaperarchive.com/abilene-reporter-news-apr-29-1953-p-53/