The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-07-25
The Thunder Showers.
The ThunOer ShOWefs
TIE EFFECTS OF THE LIGHTNING IN THIS CITY AND
IN BROOKLYN.

TIE EFFECTS OF THE LIGHTNING IN THIS CITY AND
IN BRoOKLYN.
TIE city has been visited by several severe thunder
storms recently, accompanied with heavy rain. On
Thur,dsy night the flagstaff of the Brandreth Hotel in
Broadway was struck and split in pieces without, how
ever doing much damage Yesterday there another
smart Storm during which the sgstar Patterns Hotel
In street was struck and the stan sp one hal
falling To the street and the remainder standing man,
psng struck but not injured aad he states
and some that spashed upon him seemed TO
be boiling hot The thunder "a been very loud but the
storms have been comparatively brief The rain has
dore goo d,b 9th TO the city and the country.
FATAL EFFECTS OF LIGHrSIsG--oNE MAN INSTANTLY
KILLED AND SEVERAL HOUSES DAMAGED.
The storm Thursdsy night terrible in It's effects
n Brooklyn Two houses struck and shstlered and
one instantly killed The house OF stephen c.
Jackson the Of lafayette and enck
street, struck nearly every window broken, and
portions OF the brick wall torn Five persons
we're in The house the time and was Injured
Mr. Robert Mcknight, mas laborer in the Navy Yard
who bis return home from market sought shelter
TIE doorway Of The above house. His family reside
the Of Hudson avenue and Hsh street While
here o stroke OF lightning descended from all ap-
pearsncss killed him Instantly Hts body found
we're all tattere1 and his OF his feet perfo-
ration FOND in bis head and one of feet was
crushed No sigue OF life we're percepube whom he was
dcovered. The fluid entered OF the Windows OF the
,bird story close by the head OF the bed where
Jsck,ons IONS 81 ing. A hole two feet In extent
made through the wall roence the fluid passed a
short distance and went outside tearing en- the bricks
and then descended 10 the basement story 10 within
about two feet distance from where Mrs Jackson and her
daughter tho time They n ball Of Gre pass
them which perforated the glass In the door
front the bsck room, making clean cut Of about
inches In diameter. number or glasses and bottles
were shattered atoms, and the found
about the floor Arotber stroke have entered
Of the roof completely shattered. leaving hoe In
the wall about the size OF mans head looking glass
and table rear by shattered and the glass
relied the opposite side of the ROOM distance OF
some thirteen feet From this point the fluid passed down
through the door where Mr. Mcknight standing
ar killed him No other rson injured.
house. ownef by Charles Ruones, in schenok street,
struck about the ssmo time The ud ents rcd
aside OF the chimney, ran along ibe slope Of tho roof
and pssted down into chicken coop 10 the yard The
knocl cd from the but did 6et appear
AIRED In vhsre Mrs. Runnes sitting the fad
Her little dang ser Who was Ia bed, buried beneath
the rubbish bat extrcated without ifilry II 10 re-
markable TIA, no one In @e hewe vas killed.
About the time young residing In Jackson's
Hollow, in the Seventh ward, was stunned by lightning
he 90 badly Injured that be conveyed 10 the CITY
Hospital lie IL OF considered dangerous
VESSEL IN rnE nARBoR STRUCK BIT LrGHrSIse.
The people OF Jersey City startled on thursday
evening, at about half past O'Clock, by very brilliant
fash OF hshtnng accompanied by sharp clap Of thunder
II was believed 10 have struck IN or near that city "a,
Ascertaned yesterday that the schooner Henry T. Wood
Captain Charles Chamber, lying opposite the Cement
works, IN Jcrsey Guy, suucs by the electric fuid n
that time The or emast shivered 10 the deck noghDg
also Up considerably and other age done.
No per,on, however, was injured.