The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-06-23
Two Men Killed-Five Wounded.
A WOMAN KILLED BY LIGHTNING

A WOMAN KILLED BY LIGHTNING,
Monday was a hot, sultry dav, clear for the
most part until about O'Clock At that time there
came up with unexampled rapiditv one of the most
iurlons storms OF rain, wind, lightning, hail and
thunder that has been known here for many veors
III was not more than twenty minutes in duration
put WITHIN that time vast amount of damage was
done, as will be seen from the subioined hastily
| gathered notes from our reporters.
In the City Hall Park the trees suffered cons;d
eraoiy; huge limbs were torn from their trunks
WhIe smaller branches were plentifully strewcd
along the pathways The scales in the hands of tho
"ouaess OF justice on the top of the City Hall were
| sensibly affected. ~
u, Inc large front window of a druggists store in
west broadway was blown in, doing much damage
| and causing great alarm.
| Considerable damage was done also nj Frerol,s
ana other hotels, by the banging of blinds and doors
and breaking of windows.
The storm in the Nineteeth and Twelfth Wards
! was, as TO the amount of water that fell almost
without precedent. The Second and Third ayenue
haiIfoad tracks were submerged, even on heavy
grades from four to twelve inches Willow trees
were almost entirely swept of their branches
The vane on the Third-avenue Railroad Denot
haS,stai in Sixty first street, was twisted off:
Inc Episcopal Church in Fifty-fourth street be-
Tween second and Third avenues, erected through
the eXeruons of Ralph Hoyt. was blown to the
ground, and nothing but the foundation walls left
standing '''' 'e''
In Seventeenth street several shade trees were
| torn up by the roots to the DAMAGE of tbo bonsa.
| IN front of which they were
| shade trees ~ ''e io's Vi
Among the amusing incidents, to those not in
terested the total destruction of two od,art;
sing vans, which We're in the neiphborhood of Tho
Dlolc House To the utter CONSERVATION of tbn
drivers OF the vehicles. nothing was left after the
mbic gust OF wind of the gay paraphernaa with
Mnicn they perambulated the streets Oh Ga metrop-
oiiS put four wheels and the apology for ..borsa.
mat drar~ed the "machne" o.
The course of the hurricane, G2r It can be STYLED
~ no other name, seemed to be circuitous. In the
hori part OF the city the wind from the north
east in the southern part twas entirely the
ana IN some of the side streets the trees fell nearly
due east and west
In and around Union square the storm made
great havoc. NO less than fourteen shade trees
embracing some of the finest in that public park
were torn up by the roots, and about as many more
nau large branches stripped off. Many fine shade
trees In w Washington square, Fifth avenue and the
cross streets shared the fate. Some of the
trees appeared to have been struck bv LIGHTNING
so completely their trunks and larner branches
shattered to pieces.
Considerable damage was done tn tho +roos ond
shrnDbery in Stuyvesant Square. One of the ma
lestlc willows in st. Marks churchvard. which has
long stood firm against the blasts of winter, gave
way. some stately trees in Fifteenth, Seventeenth
ana Nineteenth streets, Irving Place were
likewise torn up by the whirlwind. AWNINGS and
awning posts in Third avenue flew about in all di
recuons Some windows of the Historical Societv's
new building, corner of Second avenue and Eleventh
street, were blown in
~ A chimney was blown from the Methodist Book
concern, NO. zoo Mulberry street, and smashed in
the roof of an adjoining house, fracturng the leo
OF an old lady named Oberty Belgian.
The roof was blown entirely from the bu;ld;no
Nos. l92 and 194 Avenue A; the awning frames were
twisted into strange FORMS and the rear windows
were all stove in.
All the windows of No. IS Avenue A were smashed
by hail, and cellars were flooded
Inc chimney of Joseph Taylor's dyeing establish
ment, No. ll9 West Seventeenth street was struck
Dy llghtnng and thrown upon sheds, where it broke
through the root, burying three men beneath the
ruins. The men were soon got out by the Sixteenth
ward police, and two of them, VIM. TAYLOR and
John Boraun, were sent to the Hospital considera-
bly, injured. horse which was in orc of tho sbaJs
killed. - WV -
-, The roof of a malt-house corner of Bethuue and
west streets was blown across the street land
ing upon the roofs of Nos. SO and 81 Bethune street
"A man named Mulholland was seriously injured in
west street while endeavoring to stop nair of nm
away horses frightened by the storm He was con-
veEed to his residence, West street, near Troy.
me roof OF the stage stables of the Seventh ave-
nue. line was blown off, and portion of the stone
coping. John Law, and Thomas RYAN, ostlers
were somewhat injured, and taken to the HosnitaI
IN FIFTEENTH street, between Avenues A and b, the
walls OF the bowling alley were thrown down ond
several trees were destroyed.
THE STORM IN BROOKLYN
The storm which passed over this CITY vasto,do
afternoon, did considerable damage Along Third
avenue trees were uprooted awnings torn down
and fences demolished number of small boats and
larger vessels were upset and smashed up. Sever
al were drifted out into the BAY and lost. II is
feared that some sailing parties have been overtak
en- py the storm and drowned. Considerable dam
age was done to trees and awnings in other nart of
the city. In Myrtle Avenue especially avn
ing posts and signs We're blown down, and a
mix wagon was impelled some fifty feet and smash
ed Some OF the new streets were greatly damarod
hn of l..
In the low parts of the city were filed and the or
cupants driven out for the time being
woman residing on Dean street, near Pearsall,
was Frustrated by stroke of lightning while Sit
ting in her room, and died almost Immediately af
terward. The fluid entered by the chimney near
which she was sitting. The floor was somewhat
torn, ana the bricks were thrown from the chin
nev. The name of the woman was Bridget Far
rell. &"
The lightning struck the bath house near the
Peckslip Ferry, Williamsburg, and set it on fire
The rain prevented any serious damage.
AT the foot of South Fifth street, Williamsburg.
Wager bier garden had recently been started. The
IND unroofed the sheds, and sent the seats and ia
ples flying.
The bark Victoria and the clipper ship Hurricane.
at Greenpoint, thrown on their beam ends
put were subsequently righted.
>. Many trees and fences were blown down in Will
harrisburg and its vicinity, and the fruit trees were
stripped of their fruit.
THE TORNADO AT HUNTERS POINT.
About o'clock the lorna do struck the American |
Glass Works at Hunters Point, l.. l., blowing |
down one end of the building and burying the in |
mates in the ruins. Two men were killed. and |
several Others badly injured. The building in
which the glass manufacture was carried on was |
built in the form of an L. being about $50 feet
long in one direction, and 75 in the other. Over |
100 people were employed on the premises The
storm passed down the East River, sweeping around
hunters Point with irresistible fury, and tore out
the west end of Bailey's Varnish Factory. For
htunately none of the workmen in the building were
assng on it struck full the broadsde of the
East R;aanufactory, crumbling the end toward the
100 feet ,nn 70 atoms. The part blown down was
was dv; ,1ng by 30 wide, and two stories high 1t
and macbiui INTO apacking ROOM glass-cutting room
employed in tShnop. About twenty-five persons were
The b1dna' ne several departments at the time
these was able ma o sed suddenly that only one of
in the ruins. pe' the others were all buried
Inc work of destruction was as comn,o.o
complete as it was
the whole falling fiat, though "a In its place,
cards No doubt the entire struct aa been built of
fallen but for the support affordsd would have
chimney, and the angular extension 6y the large
and groans of the wounded and dvino me shrieks
above the noise of the storm drew bnSSdraslng high
pie to the spot and the work of sxtrica. OF peo-
pushed forward with vigor 1t was no easU IVA. was
in avo,far a,1 TX,