New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-07-02
Houses Struck by Lightning.
THE CITY AND COUNTRY DELUGED.

rain. hs snd shtrng rose saddenly from the north
west and passed the apDer part Of the CRY and
beghborhood II q-ite Moderate in the lover part
q TIE town ard yrobssy scarcely fe S'E'su Issd
The whole ara as.sd no' r. ihsr quarter Of haar
yet the results ver- disastrous vii Be By the
I following sccnuvts from oar reporters
Accidents Of me .forrs-Three Nen KHieS-Tws large
I Ebfnished Buildings BIewn Down and Numbers
Buries in the kaiBs-The Crystal Palace Flooded.
Hapusling to be in the nsighb0Th0od Of ne Palace
abou, clock Asi evening sought shelter uodsr i;
su,ls roof from an impending thunder storm Of very
breathing appearances, rapidly approaching ron the
We had scarcely passed the norih.rn entrance and
reached the gallery by the nearest Ahi Of steps whea the
,orenth rain bet avalanche Of wat-r-s,rack
the building the cutters filed on The wndEard SIDE
r moment, and poured over an alnos Enbroksn sheet
Of aier which driven through the Venetian bind
venisers into and half way the northwest gale
~ ard also through the upper ventls falling Gp0n
main floor Of the north irADsspt Workmzn fastened
70 c the blinds bu; that did prevent the deuge The
timing Of the dome being unfinished the watsr Of course
csne down in showers al the center Many work
n Eere engaged the dome when the shower struck
several Of them their haste escape sgcA dangerous
proximity the terrific lightning down single ropes
hand over hand. Large numbers Of EOrkmsa were en-
gsged all thu exterior, AID such aml srng vii
rarely be witnessed bat in lie time Il found
impossible to ooce north windos used for ingress aad
egless Of Eorkmen upon the roof AMI tbs water
IN slmos, solid colu FIR time the nearly
two inches deep tie ey Epor and poured down the
stars in miniature cascades.
grea, number OF boxes bales and packages Of goods
ly mon the main foor among which the water poured
down from the edge Of the eaery aoo il destructive
quantities Fortunately but f-T goods were opened and
were uron the tables the damage would have been
rreparAbe. As II is, we fear sons Of the goods are
injured In the hight Of the storm, th seDer portion Of
the faulicbt over the western entrA burst H. and
! - .-ot. hx-.+ ~n-fs rvfaa
Immediate steps be taken enlarge the capacity OF
4 tie conductors. and 70 make a more efectuG shell
AGAINST rain driving in through the blinds ths exhibition
Will be- damned psst redemption If such another storm
/ tins should occur.
TIE grstdesi exhibition that viii ever be and beard
in the place witnessed yesterday About ten minutes
after the storm burst the most terrific bs-torm
saw began to rste ike discharges Of musksry upon the
tin roof and glass sides Some ofthe OF ice
large As hens eggs There probably thousand
cited workmen IN the building and good many exhibitors
and visitors among whom there were some twenty ladies'
some OF whom appeared good deal alarmed At the sSul
din portion Of the frame work Of the addition ne1t 10
s2dst down with terrible crash, and part OF the
brick wall q the engine hose on The opposite SIDE OF the
street was bloEu crushing two three shsnt es
fortunately without any other ury than driving the ocu
pants out the Bot awful occurred
The north sde 81 s3ist directly opposite The lat
Tower Here two large un6Dished frame buildings we're
blown or rather should Judge from appearances we're
crushed down Of runs such As may be inag
med by supposing great weight had fallen With circular
grinding motion, upon the drs; fine fabrics. Oae
Them was partly SIDED and had the raters up bat roof
the other was sided and rooted with tin and o-ing
mastered We were told 1t threestores high - by
/ % feet
We reached the ruins among tie first after tie burst %.
the storm subslded little. The scene was such a We
prsy God We may witness sgan. small portion
~. ELL ffrr
.ood or rather partly hung the sideFAk The cham
be and low r floor Of the front sy h together The
sides were standing. In the rear ali were down In this
luoipc besides the wOrkmen there Numerous a.
boers who had taken shelter under lis root when the
storm drove them hur i-dly from their work How 80
usny persons escaped death Is traly wonderful. an
only be accounted for by supposing that they had mo-
merits warning and rushed into the street The first alarm
was from the tearing of portion OF the tin root, which
was carried high another building and fell IN the
street horse and cart barely escaped being buried
under this II the frame Of the other building came
down With deasnng crash at the same time, coniasny
instead of warning those in danger At any rae before
they could escape. they were buried in mass Of TIMBER
and three Of them instantly killed. snd four Or i've
dangerously wounded and others slightly bruised aud
| badly frightened Several would have persisted bat
for timely assistance extrcate them. In tas they
were greatly assisted by Jacob Seinsnt boss cArpen-
i ter OF the Tower who with his rushed 10 the
/ rescue, notwithstanding the pouring down torrents
large police force early the ground, and Hook
and Ladder Company No. > aud Hose Company No. 81.
came up very soon and assisted clear OF the ruins in
search Of more victims Two Of the dead armed
into II tower and 90 the TAI road house OTy,grd-
Il me Of tie worst Of the wounded taken inio
the er where they had their wounds dressed by DR..
smith MI eraloc,, Of The Crystal Palace assisted by Dr.
! Mcdonnell Of tie Chief Of Polces Oaice.
When We left the ground o'clock three bodies had
/ been taken out
-McCrsg,n If No. 40 Eighth boss pasterer. He
appears to have made desperate effort % escape He
was lying about hail bis length into the siresi with
Of tie oists OF the upper door across his back lis
death must have been instant.
Patrick Csrsn pssterer residence Forty third s.. be
veen Ninth snd Tenth-sVs This a fine looking man
and not much bruised
Matthew McGran No. ~ Thirtieth st lAborer
il is prob ible these men all had families.
\ ID,n by the Of smith. Of Taenty ssven,h-st No
and occupation sscertaned I'D the fghifu scalp
wound ever saw Il JUS shove the eyes
aid rolled back Up the forehead requiring about thirty
uchos Ii thought bis len thigh and cola bone we're
fac'ured He sensible, and showed great fort,uie
during the paint operson Of 81 sing down the scalp
VIM Eastwood carpenter No us West Twenty fourth
st. VS. b.dly bruised all and injured internally
Michael she's carpenter Thirty thirdst between Nin,h
ard Tenth Avs badly bruised bu, preferred 20 home in
Il, ad Of The hospital
There were some Others wounded whose names We could
not ascertain in the great confusion snd excitement tia;
prevailed among the crowd.
The police removed the dead 70 the station houss and
wounded 70 the hospital
TIE buildings belonged 20 Or. Townsend and We hops