HINKLE, Martha Boswell

Source: Waveland Independent, Waveland, Montgomery County, Indiana, July 11, 1924

For years the telephone director has warned against talking over the telephone during electrical storms.

Mrs. Frank Hinkle of Greencastle was killed by lightning on Sunday while talking during a storm.

30 May 1876 – 28 June 1924 buried Brick Chapel, Putnam County, Indiana

Source: Crawfordsville Review 1 July 1924 p 1

Greencastle, June 30 – Mrs. Frank Hinkle, age 50, was killed by a bolt of lightening while attempting to disconnect a telephone wire at her home north of thie city Saturday afternoon. She is survived by the husband and three children.