The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-22 00:00:00

The terrific thunderstorm which broke over this
part of the country early on Tuesday morning has
left traces of its violence. About half-an-hour after
the commencement of the storm the farm-house of
Mr. James Ward, which is situate on the top of the
hill at Dalton Parva, near Rotherham, was struck
by lightning and considerably damaged, while the
furniture in two of the rooms was almost entirely
destroyed. The lightning first caught the chimney
of the south end of the building, breaking two of
the pots and cracking the tiles iu every direction.
The noise of the falling rubbish awakened Mr.
Ward, and also his neighbours. lie,
however had
,
not the slightest idea of the extent of the calamity.
On entering the front bedrooom, which, owing to
Miss Ward being from home, was unoccupied, Mr.
IVard was amazed at *the sight which presented
itself. The carpet was torn, and several articles of
furniture broken and rendered useless. The electric
fluid appeared to have descended the chimney and
forced the fire-place completely out of its setting. It
had also knocked a hole through the chimney on the
south-east side, and striking an iron curtain rod,
which by chance happened to be standing in
the corner, it acted as a conductor to the lower
room. Both ends of the rod were burnt as thoughd
they had been in a smith's fire, the skirting boar
was charred, and several yards of the papering were
torn from the walls. Every pane of glass in the
south window was broken, a chair was projected to
the opposite side of the room, the top being knocked
off, and the wash-basin was smashed into a hundred
pieces ; but, strange to say, the dressing table on
which it stood was uninjured. The hearth-stone
was cracked across, but though a camp bedstead and
a child's cot stood within a few inches they were not
touched. The lower room—the drawing room—
fared still worse. hardly agle
sin article escapedhe
destruction. After striking the iron
chamber above the lightning again descended the
chimney, making half a dozen holes in the south-
east wall, causing it to have the appearance of so
many rifle bullets being shot through. A half-re-
gister stove was displaced, and the fluid had played
around the steel fireirons, the boards of the floor being
charred, the carpet burnt ; asrnall The
coveed with
one
red Morocco leather split across. The prints on
side of the wall were destroyed, the
and frames
win-
being
knocked into innumerable small pieces, the
dow, Which was about three yards from the firepla
nal
ce,
was forced at least six hes out of its origi
position. It was protected with shutters on the
inside, but these were also broken, and another
inch would would have forced the entire window frame
into the garden. Close to the chimney corner was
a small mahogany table on which were placed a
number of books. This table was broken a 3 though
it had been prepared for firewoo I, and the books
were thrown into every corner of the room, the
greater portion being torn as
by the teeth of rats.
It is providential that no
his two child of the noteina ept at
were
injured. Mr. Ward with
the west end of the building, while the housekeeper
occupied one on the north side and a ma,n-servant
the other at the north-east corner. All of them
were greatly alarmed at the terrific force with which
the storm raged, and it is well for their peace of
mind that they knew not until the thunder had
abated what a nartid row escape from destruction they
had.—Sheflield Daily lelegraph.

A KEEN SHAVER.—A. native barber was charged
beforo the acting chief magistrate on the 17th inst. with
having stolen from the ear of ono of his customers, a Mar-
waree, while in the act of shaving him, two pearls of con-
siderable value. Whilst manipulating the Marwaree the
barber cunningly inquired if the pearls were genuine. The
customer waxed indignant, and said Marvrarees neve
swore
ore
false ornaments. The barber remarked the gold wi
a little crooked, and commenced to set it right. earlySrtl
after the barber had gone the Marwaree missed his
p
His worship observed that the barber showed much adroit-
ness in the trick, and that he must have had some previous
experience in the business of shaving pearls off the ear of
his customers. He was sentenced to receive 25 stripes.
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