Daily globe., 1879-05-13
II .HEAVY STORM.
What Rain and Lightning Did Last Night
"A Man Struck and q Lady Shoclke11.


"A Man Struck and q Lady Shocked.
The storm of last night brilliant in its
electrical display. The downfall of rain, a del
uge at times, was accompanied by frequent
flashes of lightning followed by the rumbling
of thunder Some Of the explosions were
SO sharp that involuntarily the ejaculation
was made That struck somewhere
near here" In fact the common place utter
ance was fully corroborated in two instances
ARCHIBALD & sCnURMElER's 8 MILL.
About 9:3O o'clock the city trembled from
sharp detonating report, which made the very
air quiver with the electrical discharge Soon
after the quiet followed somehow the report
became current that Archibald Il Schurmeier's 4
such catastrophe, but nevertheless GLOBE
reporter lodged between tho rain drops over
to the mill to investigate. Sure enough the
mill had been struck, and one of the employ es
injured. The lightning came in by the
telephone in the mill Office and
wire dlvergcd and knocked William J. Hustled
senseless.
The window frame through which the tele-
phone wires ran was sCorched in fanciful
feathery figures, the wire completely melted up
to the telephone. The ground connection was
made by wire to steam heating pipe
leading to the engine room, six stories below
Third street, on the river bank. At the time
the bolt struck Hustled was firing up in the
eng inc room. He was knocked backwards a
distance of eight feet. The engineer Witness
ed his fall and found him unconscious As.
slstance was called, and Hustled was recalled
to consciousness by bountiful
application of water. Hustled says he didn't
know what struck him, and when seen by a
GLOBE reporter, half an hour aftsr the acci-
dent, said he felt dumb aud inert, but other
wise was at himself again. He was conveyed
home in carriage. No injury happened, nor
any damage to the building except a slight
scorching along the walls wherever the tele-
phone wires were in contact.
MRS. F. A. REM INJURED.
About IL o'clock the rnmor was quite preva-
lent that Mrs. REM, wife of the city treasurer.
had been severely injured by lightning. Inquiry
revealed that about the same time the first ac-
cident occurred, Mrs. REM, too, had been pros
tratcd. She was at home with her family,
and when the report sounded, she fell from
her chair in unconscious state. DIR. Stamm
was summoned when he arrived at Mr.. REM 8
residence, he found Mrs. REM conscious, en-
ioying the power of speech, rational,
but unable to command the movement
of her limbs On examination the
had been struck by lightning, nor were there
any indications of discharge about the premis-
Her condition was judged to have arisen
from the shock caused by fright at the seem
1uS Hes'IHess VI tHe report. IL ls e3peCCed that
the lady will recover her usual spirits in q
few days. f..
LANDSLIDE.
Whether lightning had anything to do with
it is not known. But land slide happened on
Bench street, just below Grote's, at the Same
time the two mentioned accidents occurred
The slide happened just below the first house
beyond Grote's.
The delugng rain dislodged ten to fifteen
tons of earth and rock from the bluff aud
threw it to the raiload below. The track in
front of the St. Paul & Sioux City freight
house was completely covered for a distance OF
twenty feet with the debris. Capt
Clark gave notice to the railroad
authorities and danger lights were
put cut. gang of men were put at work tc
remove the dirt, ETC., at midnight. SO the
whole track would be cleared for travel before
the first incoming train whistled out its ad