Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-08-12

stripping off her shoes, and finally passing to
the floor with such force as TO tear hole in the
carpet. Mrs. Woodward was knocked sense
less by the shock, and upon recovering, went
into commissions, though she was improving
later in the afternoon. The other part of the
shock was more powerful, passing from the
centre of the roof down to the caves and then
down the side of the house to the foundation
where it appears to have turned and come back
through the floor in the rear of the house. In
its passage it tore the boards and shingles upon
the outside, and the laths and plastering on the
inside off in great quantities, and in its passage
through the floor it made large hole Mrs.
Adams felt the shock, but was not seriously in
jured, though in running from the house she
fell and sustained several severe bruises. A
number of persons were in the house at the
time OF the shock, but no Others were injured,
At the old round house near Washington
square, owned by the Boston and Albany rail-
road, the lightning first struck the flagstaff,
SCATTERING it into a number of pieces some of
them being thrown distance of 100 feet from
the building, The current passed down the
flagstaff to the irons by which it is supported,
where it separated and went in various direc
tons over the building, tearing the plastering
off in many places and finally passing off into
the ground in the table pit, the dirt being
thrown about in large quantities. The shock
was accompanied by a report which echoed and
re-echoed through the building, thoroughly
frightening the Waterman, who was lying
down within a few feet of where it passed off
into the ground. The whole upper part of the
building was illuminated, while the dust that
arose from the falling plastering led parties on
the outside to think that the building was on
fire. The alarm was struck, but fortunately the
premises were not visited by fire
The house OF Moses Church on Quincy street
was also struck the current passing down the
chimney, throwing out thimbles in lorcible
manner, and finally dividing on the lower floor
passing off through the cellar and by means of
the bell-rope. No one in the house was seri-
ously affected by the shock.
On Prescott street two htchng posts on the
sidewalk were struck, and large splinters taken
from both. The electricity then passed along
the ground into the house of Samuel Carrigan
where the floor was somewhat damaged.
On Front street, near Trumbull street, where
the foundations are being put in for new
block, the sidewalk and large portion of the
newly constructed road were washed away,
while the cellar hole was filled with the surface
water from the street
Spruce street, a its junction with Washingl
ton street, was badly washed, and had to be re-
paired after the shower.
Pleasant street, near Russell street, was also
badly washed, and will require considerable re-
pairing.
On Madison street the water from the sewer
set back into a number of cellars, badly flooding
them; while on Green street, where there is
fall of nearly six feet from the cellars to the
sewer, the water set back with such force as to
hood the cellar of Sibey Putnam to a depth of
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