, 1870-08-30
APPALLING CALAMITY.

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us.untcd.
EMe..., n. L., aug, :d) crrr4x1s4,,tsae. Of The
MI Jtrk Jit.<t-
This vicinity is will viii, eSc!tea,ea: ovcr
oLt of the mo=t awful oecurrtae.s tha: MAS
eS.r elsun;cled. Yua laye airel.:v tesvivol q
Ltiet telegram through tic .sssoeiattI Tftss
tat Eve per -ol:s were kil:rG 1cl IL: evr..;n;,
b. sitgic .irsEe OF IsEt' i1,S. 1!:e at.tu;!-
ilS circumstances uere os :. truly t.srii:int;
clAra,:er. 1!.s s.:.l:rv n:rlo-. css i::-ins III
day was vcsy q rrossiTe, TIC rsr,rry il TIC
earth "as acs. aid iaichol, ana the sir wss
tiled With dcsAn vtiunte~ OF smoke.
from the burning wools in tbs
1l.untai1ls. ~ilich hung tpan the river liac
9 Ill, liiu!ns The cast =A>st, froua view. For
sesLfcs Gays This etate oi aiaiT5 wa5 obaerT-
se. aa ~ ~. tue. esas'r t:sa Z to as ..s 'si S
heavily charged will. electricity.
Al uvol. n yes: ,n1a:, tbs 6EaoEr. tar lilo
sistt tine IL = stek, ectn1!encs' T., lit, ard
the ccmrass. roall he -e.n dark. r,u1:1y
cs..u cc!s..uae. a.ll uga shu.'1sr.'~a1*, rolling to
opt e grsni display of rover. f. rIsli: dew
nigh, titfnI tash.s Of li:llt:iiaS cleaned
stit":1t TIE Ky, AMI the deep n:,ftc:lnSs oi
tll,lEler ccaa lt A4art. ii, IT, s..s:.:ncc asl,
with istI,.ss crsItd. s.e Lc3rtaly pyf1-
tetbEc lisl4:ay Wsa st-al u'yot,d .i:s. li,,-
lien. Fer I.Iie= The eitIm clor1aa hurry o-er
the river, 6nl tic lightning flushed ia.es-
sanity.
Ncsritc the ~srainE. of tts approaching
etorc., htls1,e.ls u,roa hundreds OF ulorl.
wor1tu End c!:il,l-en taroEScs Cnion 1rrru.,
T.
tent. which, had tsen plte!it,t IN desirable
1FUt CT tic Gveilli., ti..t By tl:s tiuie the
IcrtcrEia..ce e3.ane.c:h? :hc-c coaid rot .,Ay.,
becn less t;san if.eeu h4aj.re,. irnsa.. beings
ind. r the cancIy.
Ills vas iuss bfrore 3 u. sr , apl largo
t:c1's Ct r;AG Lad airsaiy c,1rai:.ics~2 I"
tat;er urHn the canvass. while tho roaring
ilsD Ger :stnnt a.,os- tiso~sc.! the roic4, VI
the rig -ma=;.7r within. \ saort lis:luco
from t.:c, EEsiu tee: 9o* q. tsaai!c-
tent. used a. fruit stand. and 6
few fee: .rcm ti.i~ stand stood a Hil1oH tree,
located III ;he cur1,"r cf the ta1J ct Ill atjoiu-
ing GwGiting- In the crf.ltr Of tue circ:1s
Grou2e, u7eer and ncaz the tee, were rtyro..,.=d
large nI1Eht- ct res7o,4s "Ao lAa taasn
~!:e.ter :acre frosn Tic storm Iu!es tia
I've Etrsous. wlsie hitci,ed 10 ILL.,. tEee spoken
| of Na= l:psse+ attached 10 wagon. co!ofei
1.cu,.a ls;Eg E a:cu il tic later. 1lir,A a.ll
j.lli,y 11esaised aloI: tlis groS:, oae et'1orea
! Es:u yelling ut tlaes ~ i'a:scrs-ay, 'tSa:o
| ser monty; III 6:5 yer show beto.e EnoIu-
! iuE;" aud then Ill wuutI laugh.
! Faeter and NOR. violent feil tho big drops
ct x.ia. and more brilliant ard more Eapi be-
came THE 1lashcs Of lightning, till suddenly
one eliL'iice ehcet Of lame lit mp the entire
sceue. peal Of thunder followed instantly
which shock the earth to its foundation,
[ while the zir seemed inaFeeoated Eilh sui
j ri.rrec cs o1os. The scenu which then occ1lr-
! red iEsiS" the cl1crs.teht battles all descs!p-
ton Rows Of paid face. re.o eTc1y-
where. and 4 fearful panie1 w9s eminent,
tie Proprietor ot the circus. eayed hun
| 6Ted- OF lires. He shouted with all hs
| might and ulair to the Audience, Keep yoIE
! tezts." ard eal.el asualy OF the hand to play,
while at the same time he Urged the perform
| ing horses aLuut the ring through ll:iie lakes
terti1n of the audience 20 81 to prevent 4
| rlsh AID a eou6eaaent ;1ani,l,ng to death,
| aud sell he succeeded. The clown cracked
Ills jokes and laughed as loud as ever but it
could easily te se.n that it was not natural
lsush, .hud that lie, too, ass thoroughly
aiatuG1.
While I'll f!,is waa gcIng Oh ia-;do, tho fa..l
shaft Of lightning b:d dore its work outside.
Never were such fearful Results OF = single
stroke OF lightning recorded befote- The
belt appeared to come from the ~e=t or rouih'
| west, cutting hois anout II feet sanarf,
through the top Of the main cauF2s. thench
AcIo.= an open srace to tue willow tree spoken
OF aloSe, About forty garlh distant, shatter.
ing tia, tree, killing the horse ~lieh was tied
t. it, lad En1ckrx keosoltra tue driver, tear
ing the sule= fspnl his boots AID siuseinS hi
ciotMug. Passing tLerce it descended to the
group Of co1ored persoas nea- the stee. and
then came death.
Fivo were instantly killea-stzack down in.
stant1E with sm''es zaa Joke, upon tteis lipe
The sol1owiEs is the list OF them-al. aoleIeJ
people: Eiizatesh Sewlirf, OF Hurley, aged
ii, Jane Moutanye, Of Nafeletown. sged 80
Arthur Scots, Kingston. aged 30 Jamea Bush
Aasllrsowt, aged 2s; v. s. Eye.Aoa {snp
| posed to kel.
Va. 1ea-in5 against tho tree, With has arm,
folded. listening to the otho1s; she fell viii
her arms folded, and they could hardly bt
r:icd apsrt. Elizabeth SewEirk wa4 l1ugbing
and there vas emile upon hes lips whe,, sat
was picked up. Arthur Scott hid one arm
| partially Ealse6. aud after death 1t w1s Ls-c
veEk 10 stsaishten it. nnd thur they tisd.
| For 4 few moments sitter the awfcl vista,
/ tiau, no one could Stir in tbs riciuisy-1ll
were struck dumb aud unconscious. and were
Iaralyzed Twenty-Five PorsonH under toe
fruit tent we're knocked down aad severely IN
etaudezs, it ~aa indeed fearful sight. h1n-
dreds under the maiu tent we're paralyzet.
! Nhen the tue eiate OF aHaus oatsaue occaaat
known, under tho main caosa., there Us no
AolElEb the 1ulleIee. aL4 tae ete -. ;,
rush @ w vas made foFs tba open ait. it w
ssce7.a:Hra that scores Of peEzons e.. souid u
not leave their eeats. Dozens were A.
mcat uuconscioue. Ihey sat like atstGes,
and there wss a gaze Of racsncr IL then
EYES thar WIS f5ishsfal TO look upou' Friend: et d
shook them and urged then, to 50. but they
moved rpt--appaFenrly dumb.
EVER one ct the compositions Of the Ulsse,
Go4tVt vas present, aid every one " "a - 70
rerion=is affected that tho conductors o. M tna'
tu Gue o: The employees es1stsined = ve:y sever;
shock, To-day he carries his atta IN sling
i Here is par.ial1iss Of those severely shocked
md bally, though probably not fatally in
Peer Johrson, fcolored), Abram Ellsworth
Thomas Ross, Derrick q. stoutenburgh
Abrsm Do Witt. George STYLES. Charles Styles
Edward Bujtiugton, c. G.. Mssten, Jane
Belle~, Arthur Near. All these hurt BY th
lightning. Patrick Fitzpatrick uss struck b.
some1h,ns-he don't know what-in the knes
! ~. hal T7.-