The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1881-07-28

The lord elsps Of thunder in the AFTER
nom seeped TO loosen new reservoirs in
the skies, for after each there came an.
other torrent Of rain. A singular spec
tsele was witnessed in the battery room
attached to the Telegraph Bureau OF the
Brooklyn Police Headquarters The
wires leading TO the instruments in the
telegraph room pass through q plate
known as lightning srrester, which
Is covered with brass pegs, 20 which
the wires are attached. The plate cuts
of the lightning in its progress along
the wires into the building, where, but
for it, great damage might be done in a
storm. A tinkling of the silyery- toned
bells of the telephone in chorus with
the coarser sound of the larger bells OF
the dial instruments announced the
lightning, and then the pegs upon the
plate began 10 glow each like big
fire bug until the whole cleaned with
light. This was repeated at every fash
from the sky. and when the lightning
was most vivid the plate glowed for an
instant like subdued electric light
About AZ o'clock lightning bolt
darted out of the clouds overhanging
the suburbs of Brooklyn, and killed
Theresa Kelly, aged II, of 1746 Dean
street. The child was barehesded.
She had been sent upon an GRAND, aud
was at Buffalo avenue and Dean street,
on her way to grocer for q can of
milk ana q package of pot cheese. The
lightning struck the can in her hand.
and. running up her arm, left purple
streak in its path. 1t burned her eye
brows and hair. She was thrown down,
and when first approached was not
dead, but she died soon after being re-
moved to the grocery. Her father.
Bernard Kelly. last night removed her
body to his home. The place where
the accident occurred is sparsely set
tied. In garden close by q laborer
named Kenny was digging with a
spade. He was paralyzed by the same
stroke that killed the girl. and it was
over two minutes before he was able to
let go of the spade. Then he seemed
to have lost the free use of his limbs.
The child's body turned black few
bonrs after the accident. The can,
which was found some distance from
where she fell, was badly bent. Mr.
John Koehl, the keener of the grocery,
said that he saw the girl as she stepped
from the curbstone at the corner. At
the same instant there was binding
flash of lightning. Looking again to-
ward the girl. he saw her leap up and
fall backward, as though she had tried
to turn a backward somersault. The
can flew out of her hand as though
struck by stone, Mr. Koehl and q
customer took her into the store and
laid her upon the floor, where she ex-
pred. She did not regain conscious
ness after the accident. The girls
father ID laborer. Her mother was
almost heartbroken by the accident.
Theresa she said, went off with
such merry laagh,' saying. IN be
back before the storm, mother L
scolded myself for sending her when l
heard that great clap of thunder and
saw that lightning. l knew then that
lightning had struck somewhere, but /
little thought it was my own child
An examination of the body last
night showed two spots upon the breast.
At the spot in the center of the breast
the skin was broken, and in the dress
there was hole just over the wound.
The edges were rough and in ravel-
ings.
The lightning demolished the chin.
ney of the house at l47 Grove street,
Brooklyn; also the chimney OF the
building at ll47 Myrtle avenue. It
struck shed at the foot of Conover
street, doing $40 damage Italso struck
the cupols on the frame house occupied
by Thomas Jerome, at $50 Washington
avenue. and demolished it completely,
tearing away the shutters. knocking
the window sash into splinters. and
breaking the glass.
Essex county. New Jersey, was Wis
tied by q terrific storm yesterday after
noon. 1t came from the northw west and
struck Irvington with great force.
Barns were blown down. large trees
uprooted, and great damage done to
growing crops. The storm was accom-.
panied by hail stones as large as wall
nuts. that destroyed hundreds of win
dows. The track of the storm was
about mile wide. II lasted about ten
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