, 1866-07-24
THE STORM OF SUNDAY MIGHT.
An Unparalleled Outburst Of Eimbic
Fury.-The Heavens On Fire.-Great
Fall OF Rain,
Accidents and Incidents.

EHTyss1uE HGatGuS Oh IlIEssFIE4G
Fall Of Rain.
Accidents and Incidents.
On Sunday Eight Chicago WIS visited BY one Of
the most terrific thunder storns thai has occurred
here within The memory OF that mythical pereounge
"thc Oldest tnhan,tsnL" IL was accompanied by
delnEc OF rain, and such deluge as has probably
never been seen or felt e1nce the dsys when
The windows Of heaven were opened,
ard Father Noah's ark began TO move
upon the faee Of the waters. .'rwas indeed
rough night; cur Young remembrance esunot
ie9% to wa and steny nsui nFh
BID at the Mtiching hour. If one may judge Ron
the universal talk and comp1EUk OF notes con-ern-
,he s,armT = "a. the question Td,et, took precs-
dtnce Of I'll others In inc street. saa Did yea eser
fs xs Sd S IL ,ne I'll 4 s e III.
mildly aud alm@s impeIcep IDLY At arst, bat
bet bot ~ eul.ry until 80 ocloeS. when gentle
ebow4r ilI. continuing for abou! two hours, wnen
erc1. indicslcd 'h.t storm q eome Lind vas
brewing, the mercury IN the barometer fe1h roidlys
sna a sssn se y, II H. o , S6e AVA
a drg pk1n to betaEe thensetyea 10 the shelter Of
their homes. The heaven. sere overcast with dIk
Ds mot s,1sneefS s iantasrc ehapes. sh,islns aud
changing like a slow-neAytp., tumultupRs een.
the borizon wae icn:ed up viii vivid eosusca;ion.
tsne. md hey vese seemingly accepted hy the Cit
gers advertisement Or preliminary flourish OF
uumpeiR ammo uneiug the grand en'eEiatnmsnt
about 10 follow Tncre aa* Etnnd movement to
&C. ne IRON front seat. md. tho thades Of night
closing, the occasional flashes Of ]lchtnlny
yealsa IN quiet nefshooFhoods 1nsny picturesque
it "a. not u,l near midnight that the storm csme
down ia all 1te fury. 1t hfoke right orer tie city
viii Unparalleled violence. Down cane ihs ram.
not oniv In torrents. but a: were II one m7ss OF
wn1er. 1ootng the ttrees in the coafse ot te min
ME-, and making them TO roll IN impetuons tor
rep;t All who witnessed this terrific rain 8 orul
agree Ia eayinc that noDtpg approaching 10 y has
ever ben n s1 nlunse n
lake The streets were lighted up -itn one conilu-
ned haze Of lightning, for to describe II a: flashes
cu Wonsd se 70 c@xasgcss'ou @ 10 saS lbst ons could
have read book With ease y tae aid Of
!be lightning alone An Instance nay oe riysn o.
! cut Of alctp. A gentleman. living at one Of the
pi,nc1pal hoe1s Va. aroused bE the revsrbezations
! T Cd lie yisld siase Of tight vnicn iiIum'ued the
| apartment. he fancied TINT the house was on hre,
and IN the sudden impulse caused oy the terror o.
| the moment, he threw open the window and
Jumped. haM clad, 70 the roof et outld,ug, about
! twelve feet below. He was considerably shaken by
aw.re @ Of she sesi STATE Of adnrs be va. only 100
! 1Is1 ~ srs3e thr xrf srstn and escape the Bform
as well ns the r1aicnle OF bis friends, who had
| good laugh over the adventure
n, H,-The reutjer1ao was perfectly sob:r
For fully An hont the storm continued Wt1h qns-
de,s' .Irsrsns n ~ nj ,nn-s ami rn,nslig yitt the
iurions hiesine ot ihe raan Wne The whole heavens
one ~ gd sS ca ada
playiIg nadly ihroneh &c sky I9ete Va: an IN
Il tie au.ss sssns VII Shie di,s qsaa's
mr. reorganization Of the e!ohc mad actually cotce.
In o1e 81 ,ne aalosnes q The Soctes raeFe &C.
cprs . sfrtkiIS picture Of thnnde1 eturrn, xhlch
mlcbt we'll. describe the eceue on sundsy q; ;ht !.
sbephe11ssg:: :. There's m oculr nrsndeus in II,
. Of lightning that bring cut the onsai=hed woods
tromthe distance cfo'e upon yor where 5oa stand,
hi ss
II st,ahs ~ The thunder can scarcely qnell the
but the eren IN t'saEe Is elevated You
s1lu nave nold On inc external wort1, ant !usld
ogsusx M11e; M =; VII ,hs asnacenee m there an
The "aHste1e JOY Of terror," however, is N emo.
tion which Il only excited in minds oI a boldly
predoninntes while lookin. on storm Of such In
1erssty: arg the aqstcte joy links W.a OUT hearts
.n.n our hoo!s; i1 Day sasey Pc ahlinea shaI
mol sublime emotions hy the awful spectacie, tie
other hslf were s1ickicc their ostrich bead.. COT
Sers, o. uhds9 % IT, "a: TSe1s esu @ be % 10 saaet
that the great majority Of tue ladies' We're dread
fn!lT tcafec, and tha many o. the stc.nes sex who
were telening admiration OF the .aue were iaTatt-
wathinE shat fhe commuflon "as over and all
ncA.
Inc amount q faln WINCH !eil o1t1nS the storm,
oFefoninC ~ nah'past e1shh ococH- was 81 1neh-
e. q 1s34 Ions per acre, Which Il eq1ifalenf TO
S9.Sg poande. nEefo1pot.. per acre This is unQues'
no1abiy me neas.eSt iall OF Fain which aa5 ever
neen Iecofdeo IN this region Taxing the mean
iaA OF ram oor1g me year, which u hero about
lnHy tncnss+ We nm toatin ne tpaSe o. two oousa
aLd oatf on SUNDAY nfeht. there el one-slxteenth
part fhe quantity which Tails during the "no!e
Se4r-
stIs ieN neouente "ete repotsea 70 FAVE oscnr-
!ec. atd OILY GRE OF felY eeflo9s nMate- unang
Inc storm, hacE no. ". driven oy thomss Long,
hae oot on lns west Dls1sor on Lake rt1ee', De-
Tween Asl.tead and Union. me oliver hao d!spl
SEQ Q! hs load and was returning 10 hc eiaDd.
Wnep the haek was tttncS oy the sooeE Or mum
deraoh ard broken tn pieces. One Of the horses
wss nitaDiy Killed ana the other Vas 20 eefoaesY
Injured That ne died Yesterday. The hacxman es-
capped urharmed with tne exception q slight
hrnise which ne received on coming to the ground
htls more rapidly iaan vas ms usnal wont
OF WILL nc found himself somewhat In the
| position Of the paeson nod hta one hos chow,
. There xas frst shower and then thrill.
| Ihcn somethfng defloed'Y AEe fpell*
And The driver vas slt!tng npon rocS,
feesfdiu1 Ms vehicle which, nke the otne1. nso