The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-08-20
4 TERRIBLE NIGHT.

\ TERRIBLE NIGHT.
The Boston Post says: The city and
vicinity were visited Oh "Wednesday night
hy III unprecedented series OF thunder
showers, accompanied by the most vivid
lightning That Els ever been witnessed III
this Vicinity The first shower cHlM@ from
the eastward >lmrllr before q O'Clock. and
inr upward Of thrce-quartcrs .! an hour the
water poured through the streets in torrents,
While continued flashes of lightning illu.
mined the city. 50 is 10 Give the appear
ance of III extensive confederation. At II
O'Clock the heavens again shot forth flashes
or electricity, and IN hour later another ter
rifle storm burst upon us, which was even
more severe than the first. and WAS followed
just before daylight hy Il third, which had
no idea Of being cciipscd by lis predecessors.
y Il consequence, tll"S,- UNUSUAL heavy
storms dis! uri'cd the >iliil'rS OF many tililli
PERSONS. while even those with more reso-
lutte nerves could not find rest during tie
terrific pcals of thunder, which rolled
alon:: the heavens and sounded like th"
Simultaneous discharge of IN artillery
brigade.
BY the meteorological record Of the Signal
service it appears that The amount Of rain
which fell in Thu; city during the first two
| showers was | iG-lNO inches. The lirr-alalm
telegraph in Boston was seriously di>ilrranged
during the thlndcr-Showcrs. the magnets in
several of the tirc-;llalm boxes being burnt
of. The operators 1T the main office We're
unable to strike an alarm which WAS given
when Mount Pleasant church was struck. a>
was if absolutely dangerous to approach the
Instruments. During the thunderstorm the
l,t.t,l ID
| occupied 10y Francis T.. Warner and others.
WAS struck 10y lightning. \ young lady who
slept in Il back chamber in the French roof,
overlooking the roof Of the L., becoming
alarmed by the violence of the storm, left her
bed, and within very short time after. the
chimney, which was near the head of her
bed. was struck. and the bricks outside scat
tered dozen feet in every direction. The
! railing OF the l. and shattered it in several
places. and then went off without doing
further damage.
At MclrOSc the effect of the lightning Vas
very severe. The SevercSt shock was felt
about o'clock, when flash of lightning
illuminated the atmosphere, and for Il radius
of thousand feet there was one electric
wave. The bolt struck Il house occupied hy
| Irish families, and it tore the building inside
and out in Il fearful manner. Mrs. Brown
WAS standing i'll front of the cooking-si Owe,
and experienced the shock severely. \ cut
behind the stove WAS killed.
The Lightning passed over the telegraph
wires to Wyoming station, on the Boston
and Maine railroad. where it struck the sign |
post. and struck Mr.. Calli"an, whose left leg
was paralvZed. He was taken home by Mr.
WinGate Sargent. Mr.. j. \. Wortlcn, who
WAS in the store ut the time, felt the effects
of the shock, and describes the sensation us
equivalent to the discharge OF musket
within foot of his face. Mr.. Loyett and
others were also unpleasantly affected.
The fog appeared TO hang like an electric
vaDor over Narltasket Beach, and the rapidity
Of the flashes of lightning was so inccssant
that the effect was binding, while from time
to time the forked lightning ran along holi-
zontally, followed by thunder, which not
only rolled, but inclosed, as it were, in the
fog bank, reverbented rs if rolling along a
mountainous region. There were quick re-
ports, too, like the rafting of ritle-slot. No
thing like it has ever before been witnessed
on the shore.
REMARKABLE FRAMES OF THE LIGHTNING.
Tn Sharon the rain poured in torrents, ac-
companied by fearful thunder ana lightning,
and the roads were washed badly in many
places. The fruit trees, which were hanging
very full, were very greatly damaged. One
bolt struck, Messrs. Lotbrop & Co.'S trowel
Works, about one mile from the centre OF the
town, passing in at window, striking
wrench which was in mans hand at the
time, aud throwing it across the room. IL
then knocked stool from under another
man, throwing him to the floor, and threw
one young girl down and blinded another Sc SO
that she could not see for an hour or more.
Then the bolt passed through another Wit
dow, out doors into pile of steel, and wa:
traced tinaIly to the stream which runs near
the works and carries the machinery, 1t WINS
matter OF surprise that no fatal injuries Wers