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

Struck by Lightning•

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 aftof
er
the commencement of the storm the farm-house
Mr. James Ward, which is situate on the top of the
bill at Dalton Parva, near Rotherham, was struck
by lightning and considerably damaged
most entirely
, while the
furniture in two of the rooms was al
destroyed. The lightning first caught the
twn chimo
of
ney
of the south end of the building, breakig
the pots and cracking the tiles in every direction.
The noise of the falling rubbish awakened Mr.
Ward, and also his neighbours. Ile, 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.
Ward was arnavd at the sight wich 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 though
they bad been in a smith's fire, the skirting board
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, stranger 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 roomhe drawing room
fared still worse. Hardly a single article escaped
destruction. After striking the iron rod in the
chamber above the lightning again descended the
chimney, making half a dozen holes in the sou
ofthso
-
east wall, causing it to have the appearance
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 ; asmallbuffet covered with
red Morocco leather split across. The prints on ono
side of the wall were destroyed, the frames
win-
being
knocked into innumerable small pieces, and the
dow, which was about three yards from the fireplace,
was forced at least six inches out of its original
position. It was protected with shutters on the
inside, but these were also broken, and anothr
frame
inch would would have forced the entire window
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 the hough
it had been prepared for firewood, and books
were thrown into every corner of the room, the
greater portion being torn as by
the teeth of rats.
It is providential that none of the inmates were
injured. Mr. Ward with his two children slept at
the west end of the building, while the housekeeper
occupied one on the north side and a man-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 narrow escape from destruction they
had had.—Sheffield Daily 7elegraph.

A KEEN SIIAVER.—A native barber was charged
before the acting chief magistrate on the 17th inst. with
having stolen from the ear of one 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 Marwarees never wore
false ornaments. The barber remarked the gold wire was
a little crooked, and commenced to set it right. Shortly
after the barber had gone the Marwaree missed his pearls.
His worship observed that the barber showed much adroit-
ness in the trick, and that he must have had some previous
of
experience in the business of shaving pearls off the ear
his customers. He was sentenced to receive 25 stripes.
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