, 1870-06-05
APPALLING CALAMITY,
Terrible Visitation OF lightning
In tho West Division.
Three Laboring Men Struck by an
Electric Bolt, and Killed Instantly.
Several Buildings Injured.

The thunderstorm which broke over tho city nj
noon, yesterday. was attended by calamity Of
very appalling nature A barn At the resr Of the
residence Of Ruaolph Peri, On North aeenue, about
q blocI west OF Milwaukee avenue, Wa BtEuck BY
Lightning, and three laborers were killed. on the
tpot. fourth man was wounded by the same
shattered hy The force Of the electric current
proportion Of irish ansi Germans, WeFe ii Work
on the grading OF North avenue, Under the charge
Pu6lic Work. When the shower came On, Il
noon, the men maize for the nearest shelters, aud
about de.e1 tound sHe5 way lnto ~ ss gonaa;
moved into It Tne house Is newly built, and
the bum, which is TWO stories high stands IN the
rounded with pop1zB, maple, md pine trees It
was about meal tine with tue laoorers when the
storm came %. and eseh Of them had taken out
his mid day luncb, and was eating. The family Of
pairing dinner. Al 4 qusrrcr past is O'Clock the
gat1ing znse The5s r,s =. ysIy yyI a.a
by crash Of thunder not unusually loud. The
lightning struck The barn at the northeast corner,
corner Of the structure, completely SCATTERING
email portion of the front The window was un-
touched. The wood was spiuterrd aa II 1t had
! it chArretl. From the northeast corner, the
current seelns TO hare gone ID an eccentric move
| ncnt towards the northwest end o. the building,
| splntenng about every third studd!nQ along the
| upper portion Of the front Es1!, and smashing
! three Pancs OF glass In the second window. 1t
portion Of me wali near the roo' ansi forced out
| warA portion Of the northwest end, ripping the
clapooaTtls from the lining. -...
| At the moment the bolt struck, nine men were
sitting In and aIounl tho barn, eating their lunch.
The Scripture! saying was hero strangely and SOL
elmnly reatzed-" The one shall be taken aud the
| other left" One laborer was seated near the bot
| tom Of narrow hight Of stairs leading from the
loft 10 the lower part OF the barn. He was
| h{a llba. Another
on keg near the door. lie WAS stretched lltcless
1T the same moment The third man was sitting
% Ter Of maple tree. de was struck dead, and the
wood On the corner Of the building behind him
rSbt Eip. he current eiancine down lis ies With i'd
It's stocIinesl IL was stunned fof moment, bui
lime Win assistance. III ine men who were II II
the barn Ut ttc time experienced shock. The,
W4re vcly mich frightened, and. without lootini
sirr1anee Us rush 70 the street, where numbe
Of WORM en Nere sitting under the trees, M
70 's to @ ss5 rs 1sPse sa %asR %.S Sse
dead On thc cocr There was no marx npoa any o
them t. show where The ls,lt had struck The
sjscr' Each sf them ila3l mossei Of b;esI In On
. hana. anI piece Of meat IN he other, Whica h
sssmed q - ihs sst q soHysy!os T. III mos5
sstsans o. swo o o. men .a IN, naa Sso"na
Ihe .s,snaaon n TSnsen 9amG pans IN ~ n
family o. NJ fs5 They naa o5iy & moseS 70 s nto
isS!es - s!s9i9ss q i .ss Ssa.' = T5Paes ID
sa 6n1sa Sas ss s9oss ssa + ss Ta si
J; family iiso. experience - smlar 1 seasanes,
Dsnc! Cfse1s one OF me aaooagls M 1 Mqo rsn,t MAJ
soon M ~ Alter Tie oocur1euce. and he did net SEE
teen 70 have quite rscoSefed ms ee9sea ns ~ ~
a.! &c knew anonI II mas "a e t9at nG ,sn ar, o