New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-07-18
A DESTRUCTIVE THUNDERSTORM.

oxr 1IFr AND CONSIDERABLE PROPERTY sACRI-
ErcEp-ruE KFyEcrs OF IELECTRICrTY AND WIND.
A series of thunder-storms which. while they
coo.d the tnospaee and eaned the streets, destroyed
horn life and prop.rY ant caused much alarm, broke
city aud its vicinity yesterday a'terhooh' rr
quent complaints were uttered on MONDAY eoncerhlss
the exces,ve heat and il WAS feared during yesterday
morning that the day would be companion 10 ils pre-
dcessor Tho srst udIcatohs Of the noticed
about one o'clock, when heavy, dark clouds we seen
rinn from the hills OF New-Iersey MOVING rapidly 10
the East untl the city was en7eoped If with dense
oa streaks of lightning in the West and heavy peals
OF thunder followed N rapid suceessi"n' az
.,n,,anied nv high wind which caused
,rsat con,manon among the pedestrians in the
streets. The tramps who We're laz'y seaSSu VI
their accustomed benches IN the PARKS WE'RE inu0"
,npoved AZ ,e,pg compelled 81 They tBought the
,tr,, might mass over and remained their places
until the sudden rain, which tane fifteen Hhu 's ''i'
compelled them to make 4 nasty retreat houio P'
desrians fortunate enough to be provided Win sun
umbrellas and thus projected from me RAIN
Many persons who nad oniratulatea them'ei'es "Po
having succeeded procuring passes 10 cross ne WIN
lyn Bridge. caught IN tpe storm Whie 'hiu""9 y"
chair iournev tarsugh the air from city 10 city.
Much amuse nent was creAtid Dg ther ehueA'or' "
hasten to their Journeys eud' "hio aS '"'
same time stopping carefully as possible over 'hS a@
ardous path. For nearly ten minutes AiteI 'ho rom "
gaI, tbs Lightning WAS vivid ana the "ihu Oio" VIZ" w.
abated fury II ceased fnd the SKY assueu an 'P
pearanee OF clearing About yen minutes iA'oi ~
storm arose, only 10 pass away as quickly as 'no o'o
The storms continued IN this way during inc a'ernoo
and IL was after o'clock wRef at Iast inc c'ouu'
off in an Easterly direction, and dlsappeareu oFei o
Long Island shore. -,
h nl damage caused by the storm in this city, thus
- ro,,,rtod wa AT Stewards hotel for women, at
Fourth-av. and Thirty-seconH-st The hasslaH was
,,otr.d and a hole was torn in the roof. The eagle
that surmouuted the stat could not be found after TIE
Storm OUTSIDE the city, hoseyer the effects of the
Storm were disastrous apd on LonS lsahu IL seems
to have been especially destructive Al ClarenceViHe
Mrs James Light and her husband were IN the XII chen
of tneir house when the hshtnihg entered thS room,
through the Chimney. killing Mrs Llght lhstS .nI
seriously niurmg her husband, Al oprlhsHeu' N"'ei
d. Bayles struck and sllHned -, -, ,
Ilring the shsotRg at CrsednoOr ny the long range
riff .Inen for POSITIONS IN the nternallohsi Iea' ahi
nttsr The ma saeas tents had been moved sach 20 t~
oOOyard range the broke over the lons hf1 anu
caused the rhencn 10 retreat Under sheief, ~
aasars OF ughtnmg were followed by hsayy peals OF
SIM .r and a tornado suept across the range
bringing several Of the teats 10 tno : 9unu, 80
peel.uly those &c the bT7ng-peintS ana carry
ing away a large wel-curo. Qne end OF the oIdnan
- - was t.rp await from its fasten nss.
heavy OF hailstOnes foswed the rn the sSohes
heinz =, large "A marbles The lightning also struck IN
me- Iaccs its most serious feet being the stunang
of LOWS Rose and Robert Maloy, two OF tLe marker
To- hIt n 81 str,,ck L.gstahlat the lett OF the butts
and spintered it from the TIP y me groun 's ele e
srb, ry the r,,n we're They were found living upon
tine ground with their faces bheksned and appnrehy
80 Inc alarm was mehIatsly given, and Col
Wmgats the executive officer pr the iS.hse, o. Sco'
and Messrs Slack Murphy, ard weston went 10 tncII
assistance They succeeded ID FesusearnS T I'm I'm
men ana they immediately s"nt home, ne I
ming also struck she'd on fhe range teaIs on S
boards. was also struck finu S a - &c
were TORN of. The roof ana tha Sdes Vi o"' Ho@i 'o
depot were also damaged , ., In, ,,,
N Paterson MI considerable loss was causeu Wy tio
wind and the lightning. A large NUMBER Vi Faiu'oio
shade trees were uostroJou'