, 1879-07-04

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Mr. king, With woolen mallct, gently tapped
thu blocks, md tho two paris Of tic cast readily
fell apart md were secured.
KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
Emily md fila Wiawcl1's piny Under tho |
TrocR 1srnugtt To a Terrible End by In |
stantnncoua Death from THO Clouds.
.ie.o 1hrk SMH. June 40. |
Emily md Ida WIswc1l. two little girls, were
struck by lightning and killed at One
Hundred and scycnttctb street mud
Fulton avenue yesterday afternoon. The
grotlnd In that part of Morrisania Is high and
vegetation abounls in an unusual degree. Tho
streets run between tal] trees In sono places,
antl the un-eity llku houses arc often concealed
by tho rcrlure In tho yards. The house OF slr.
Wiswcil, the father OF the two children that
were killed, Is surrounded ia this way. The
house is neat low dwelling having no uar-
ticuar shape. It ia built oil ground
much higher t!an tl,c adjacent strccts. Tllern
aro soEnany trees aud bushes in tic garden TINT
thc.housp cannot llo seen except At one point OH
| Que Hundred md Scycnt!cth street.. Two I'm.
tncnac inaplcs tower above thu house and stand
Two great oaks rise side by side at the top OF
| the ttcps leading from the Que Hundred nutl
SEVENTEEN street entrance.
Mr.: Wlswe!l is \ young man, probably not
over 35, and has been an invalid for some tfoc.
llis vile It youngcr mud slle, ton, ts not robust;
| years: Emily, & years md Z months old: md
Was ,,' ote,l D IL lie me nes shbashood for ior inol
Eencr, Ida was behaved By the ucsh6orh aud
friends ot the WiswciIs on account Of her IN
tcrcstlng speeches md pretty tnanneris1ns.
After dinner yesterday nearly ali thu inmates
Of The l.ousc sought tic sade Ut the. garden.
Mr.. Wlsweli stood Just hchtnd the kitchen, md
hts wife ran In and ont ot Tie dwelling; Tho
great onks near tue back eate, twenty feet
from tho kitchen door. These immense trees
stand only four feet apart, and At the proper
d!stane: from TIC ground seat has been put
natls Of narrow strips Of carefully worked wood,
furnishing bench ard curved back, Mnd alt
tho strns are painted green. Emily sat nearest
sotsiu thS tsS' had tho tarts.s % pare on tic scat.
Emily was realizing from nursery book, to ca,
tcrtniu her iittle Gister. The clouds overhead
could not be seen from The house hnt they g:
!. tcnl. A light wind. that brouGh! Warni,,yI;;
; oF rain, blew through tho leaves. Mrs. WisEell
, caine o1tt Of tho Kitchen to shnku the tablc-
cloth. NJ WIswcll tod Ge9r.so to run 70 10. .
. afterward, Without tie slightest, warming, q
: crash Of thunder, TINT seemed to shake thc
: Mr.. W!swell wns thrown forward, and a'i but
lost his balance ile describes the shock "a
/ sounding Ike the discharge Of tscmGndo.;e
. ya'i1 was frightened. % slr Wisws!l looked toward
i the trees under whie!! Emily anil Ida wero ~ stt'
Ting, intending to call The little girle toto the
g house. Five mtnutca before he had checked
!. himself IN the very act Of calling tesn In, be
n cauAe be thought, as they wcrc enjoying tllcn
SELVES It would be better to walt for the first few
u drops OF ruin. As he turned hts head he san
y rc,na3nud ] n,otiunlcss on. ,the sent, sif
. Wiswcll ran to EmIly's side, and a
: ones perceived lint she, wps dead nu.
. horribly burned; Ile saw that LA had bce'
:. sign. OF lingering life. lie carried little Ida In
Il 10 the kitenen n,ld laid her on tic floor. One
r. hur stoekings Was blaztng aml he cxtlngushe
!. u MIS-. Wiswu, screamed, thc nelghbors ran II
:" and Emily's body was laid by her !lttle sister
rc.nn!ns in The Kitchen. E'nily's clothln
!, seemed to be all on 1re. Water was used t
Mt fullng in torrents. Some onu looked at til
=, u clock. II rms nearly a!fpass1.
" u; The lightning struck the trco ngainst whic
.. =, tic bark and lrapcd from, thc trHe 10 Emily
ie loft ssouder 1t burned her little lips tcrrlbi,
" " but tho main current tore t'ic fesh from y
NJ NJ shoulder, passed along her side, leaving on
y. where 1t laccrated the flesh ngnin, this tin
a. more terribly than OH tho shoulder. It CONT
III ned down her lcg, n,ld LIFT its parting mark upt
90 tic errnt toe Of the left loot. stli.r portion
n, no tle electric 1amc cut wide path through h
at clothes from er neck to the edge OF her skirt
nt n burning through everv garment atld leaving y
ke clothing III flames, Probably tla was the gar
20 less burned, but more terribly dlsigurcd: i
CT, lightning struck her left cheek aud tore its "
nc along tho lesI Of tihc left shoulder. Those "
hnyc seen thr rcmnns OF the little oncs say I!
, a. tn pnrcs the skin s black ana chartca; tn otl
.e places It Is torn IRON the acsh. and where
.hn struck most lightly It left a rcd mark, like
~ ~ result OF q scaIaims. Upon examination Il
Su S,. rcd naEk ts seen 70 bc composed ot n'a!ons
lny dots Of rcd, The size OF u prick Of needle.
IN IN The course Of the lightning In rcuchng /
ns. Garth was plalnly .pcrruptibIe. 1t did not :
M sel pear TO have touched ulu tres nearest thu e.
nat other tree 1t left long, deep rut 1'cary IN II
!. wide. II was not iIu mark Of a burn, but Y
,!ose like nm irregular custlnE. lcss than t
feet aud ha!t fr''In tiie seat, Just where III
,,,. anA is found nowhere ngain on lint side OF
'H'' bench. On the opposite side, stx or sc1
Iuri,es from .lIe r!ehi.haud tree, It stru uek
e.igu Of The bcnrl', tors OF = heavy piece
: q blue, n,hl wrelIched eyGry natl {ioM tho W.
OH, Fro1t tho bench It glanced to llle riEht.h'
> tree, aill tore It's way 10 tho ground. The pe
H., Of contact with tle ground s not pcrceptlbls
uls' wouldn't Have Him for q Pail Bearer
stIu F4tt,our0 tif,l 7f,tarnph,
md Some time agoa cit!zon OF tits place was ,
Hrs. III. Ilo fell iuto u s.upur which lasted thre
lat four days lie was rarelully watched BY
'ass wits Anl one or two lalles from the neigh
ahs' hood. One Afternoon the attending phJs'
tho sud he could not llyu through tue day, unl
ox's su1r0winE wite. with view to huyins oy
cast tAiuE y readiness tor tho end, held eo,.s.
t'o iur tho funeral. Tic conversation 1as hcl
tho thu bedside ot THO dying man, untl 81
sub ttme vii the details Wero arranged Except
skcl nnmes oi saose Who shoata W aske1 10 ps
sa,, been selected, wien the wife sad. in sob
lehS tono suitable ~ the occasion: "Iiow vi