Morning journal and courier., 1880-06-22
Lightning Strokes.

Sundays Thunder Storms-Wi1d Work
 fin Various Places.
 The thunder storm of Sunday to the north ward was in some places terrific In South Manchester the lightning struck four times, in Hartford once in North Manchester once, in Trumbu1 once, and it struck in other places. The most notable case was in South Manchester, at the house of Henry E. Thomp- son, which is upon elevated ground. The Hartford Times says The family had just finished their dinner, and were sitting, six persons, in the sitting room-the only room in the house, as it proved, in which they could have probably escaped alive, for the house itself was nearly riddled to pieces and the family will have to move out. The six persons were Mir Thompson and his wife (who sat directly back of him, he sitting near a south front window, his two nieces, sitting near the first named couple, and, like them, sitting one back of the other; and Mir. T. E brother in-law and sister, sitting, like the rest, one behind the other, and in front of a window. The bolt hit the back, or north side of the house, just beneath the caves, on the second story It here made blackened hole like a bullet hole, and the only blackened hole or mark that it made, though it tore the house
  building-ripping walls and plaster to pieces in every room, excepting only the sitting room, and even in that the clustering was mostly torn off, es- pecially from the ceiling. MT. Thompson and his wife were hurled backward several feet against the wall, and stunned; Mrs. T. being found later standing in dazed condi- tion in side door. The two young ladies were hurled forwards against the south wall Opposite to the direction taken by MT. T. and his wife), and partially stunned by the shock and by the fall of plaste~ing upon them. MT. Thompson's brother and niece were thrown from their chairs in late1el di- rectiou, and completely stunned. All six soon recovered.
 Another bolt hit and opened a water pipe that supplied eleven families and in another part of South Manchester two trees were shattered, by two bolts, in locations half a mile apart.
 In North Manchester barn belonging to Norman Loomis was hit.
 In Hartford a barn on Zion street, occupied by Frank Madden and owned by Sylvester Seymour, was struck It was small one, and contained small lot of hay and some old harness The barn and contents were des- troyed.
 The shower which passed to the northwest of Bridgeport Sunday afternoon killed a horse owned by William E. Ward, of Trum- bull Center. The family were at church at the time. The lightning struck post at the corner of the barn and passed through the window of the stall and killed the horse in- stantly. The stable was in the basement of the barn, and singularly enough no other damage was done by the bolt. In the stall adjoining that occupied by the horse calf was confined, but it received no injury. The horse, which was valued at $25O, was insured for $150 in the Agricultural Insurance Con- pany of Watertown, N. Y.
 A large elm tree standing in Chancey Les ter's yard, in the East Hartford meadow was was struck by lightning during the shower. In descending the lightning broke from the tree and followed down the water conductors of the house adjoining to the ground, plough ing up the earth and entering the cellar. A wooden cistern was somewhat dilapidated, the woodwork being chipped and splintered There was flock of chickens in a coop at the foot of the tree, and three of them were instantly killed by the lightning. Nine oth- CTS escaped