From the Marckel Scrapbook - Daniel Hane and Catharine Bock

 From the Marckel Scrapbook...

DANIEL HANE

 “Lightning Kills Daniel Hane and Destroys a Barn in North Richland Twp.  Belonging to John Hane

 – Death Was Instantaneous – Barn and Contents Consumed By Flames.

Lightning played and havoc in North Richland township, Monday afternoon and caused the loss of a life and big damage to property.  During the storm which raged yesterday, Daniel Hane was instantly killed by a bolt from the sky and the barn belonging to his father was set on fire and with its contents, consumed by flames.

John Hane was having the threshing of his grain in the field done yesterday.  When the rain came up, all the men hastened to the barn for shelter. D. W. Clemens, proprietor of the Central meat market of this city, was driving along the road near the Hane farm and also went into the barn and had been there only five minutes _  young Hane was killed.  Clemens was standing only a few feet from Hane, talking to him, when the latter turned around to close a window to prevent the rain from coming in the building and was in the act of reaching up to catch hold of the sash when a bolt of lightning struck him.  He fell sideways, striking against Clemens.  On alighting on the floor, he rolled over and was dead. Clemens stooped over the prostrate form and picked it up and in so doing, received a slight shock from the electricity still in the body.  An examination of Hane’s body was made, when for the last time, it dawned upon those in the barn that he was dead.

The remains were carried to the stable, where they were laid on a pile of straw for a short time, when it was discovered that the barn was on fire and the deceased was taken to his home.  Almost instantaneous the flames burst from various parts of the barn and in a few moments the entire building was ablaze.  In the stable were ten horses which were hastily gotten out, some having very close escapes.  A full bred short horned Durham bull and calf were in the building and both perished.  The bull made an effort to escape, and broke the large chains with which it was fastened and the body was found near the door.

There were in the barn besides Daniel Hane at the time he was killed, C. W. Clemens, James Carpenter, __ Engle, William Deepe, Geo. Gilbert, Martin Young and one other person, all of whom but Clemens were knocked down by the shock as were also all the horses in the stable.  Mr. Cameron, of Jewell, examined the body of Daniel Hane which (showed) that he was struck by a direct hit near the temporal and the lightning passed downward along his left side, which is badly discolored and is a peculiar purple color.

The contents of the barn which are destroyed by the fire were fifty bales of hay, unthreshed wheat estimated at between 500 and 600 bushels, two top buggies nearly new, Champion mower new, grain drill and roller, disk harrow, three walking cultivators, two horse cultivators, farm wagon, hay forks, slings and a large amount of rope, set of single harness, two plows, two scrapers and many other articles.  The loss on the barn and contents is estimated at $3000 on which there was $1600 insurance.

Daniel Hane, who met such an untimely death, was eighteen years old and was the son of John Hane.  He was an ambitious and pleasant young man who was very popular with his associates and stood very high in the community.  He was a member of the Tiffin River United Brethern church which he joined last winter.

CATHARINE JANE BOCK

“Catharine Jane Bock Dies at her Home in East Defiance, 

Was Well Known.

“Death claimed an aged and prominent resident of the county Sunday afternoon when the spirit of Mrs. Catherine Jane Bock, widow of the late Henry Bock, passed into the great beyond.  The deceased had been suffering for some time with stomach trouble, but the exact cause of her death was apoplexy.  She was aged 63 years, 7 months and 28 days.

Mrs. Bock was born in Cleveland, where she grew to womanhood. Shortly after her marriage to John Bock, she and her husband removed to Defiance. This was thirty-seven years ago last May. The purchased a farm in Tiffin township, on which place all their children were born.  Mr. Bock died in August 1877.     

Deceased was the mother of eleven children, all of whom are living except one.  They are Frank, William, John Bock, of Defiance; Fred, now in Tampa, Fla., and Charles of Garrett; Mrs. Elizabeth, wife of Ex-Sheriff, W. I. Rath, Mrs. Catherine Hanna, Mrs. John Daubel and Miss Addie Bock, of this city, and Mrs. Charles Hall, of Evansport.  All the children will attend the funeral with the exception of Fred, who cannot arrive here in time.

When quite young, the deceased identified herself with the United Brethern church, and although of late years, she has not been an active worker in the church, yet her Christian worship was in accordance with the doctrines taught by the denomination.  About two years ago, Mrs. Bock removed to this city, she and her unmarried daughter, Addie, making their home in East Defiance near Ottawa avenue.

The funeral occurred Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock from the house and 1 o’clock from St. John’s M. E. church, Tiffin township.  The remains were buried in the cemetery at the church.”