New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-15
1yo1urR Dlr orc1orDS And Rim.

,.,.o.,,p~,s N AND ABOUND NEw-YORK--
,,,,.rr PERSONS KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
At,.rtwo DAYS of clear weather another S'or'n
visited the city yesterday. II h'Han n'ar montreal
and gradually travelled southeast. ABOUT "'!
break the rain began to- fall here ne Sollu az
80 =. G.5O a m when the rain measures -
49, Threatening olouds wcrc m The SKY "Ii t''c
day Int no rain fell again mi - a. H. ,
it raincd at Intervals l"r ""r"' tl,n civ
~ n m. when heavy lcaden col"rrd
clonds appeared in the west, and almost ,n>'"'tH
darkepcd business offices downtown. IN
in,ns the rain fen heavily and continued inI
about "a half hOur The total lali ~ IN" HN va 80,
inch aud for the mont h Dbl me h'S' t",, III
ra;r tIa,, bos fallen in june for many vars. u ~
thcrmonctcr Yesterday averaged about W" VII
was more than 10 lower than at the same '"' '''
year. ,, al ,, bovc u wide area
pdanr,s rrrcivcd nj the Signal Service StAli"h
allowed that in the principal cites IN, MV ..
WAS either fair clear. A th'lhner s'" L
nasseS over ALBANY in the morning and Ia"
rainfall measured lbs inches. nc llrlI" ~
fell about -. In Boston the mercury uu.pr11 =;
and ,0i inches of vain fell storm occurred III
Erie. when the mercury dropped / . anu W ih'"o'
OF rain fell. , v-o r,,,t WIS strnck I,v
Eohtninc Yesterday in Newark Bay. ana Il''a"i,S
LijcJ lie was found living in his boat ana ~ ms
clothcs wer, nearly all torn from his h",'E' ny
igLtninr struck him in the night sido oi ill7 h'
a nssJ away through the bottom of the boat
making "A hole through which the wa, vac I'i.uJ
rushing The body was removed 20 Staten tNi@ am
g. y
Scyeral terrific thunder showers passed along tn"
south side of Long Island yesterday causihS nIch
damage to growing crops. At BaldWihS Tue ltIii u,
ning sruck the house and barn Of Charles OrncLl
The house took fire and was badly damaged ne ne
barn was DESTROYED Inc hcII" rec cows and three
horses In a lot adjoining MI COrnrHs oarh "oio
killed. ,. or t,o-,, =, Pat
erson n J. The steeple of the Third Presbyterian
CbuTch in Grand-st., was shattered 10y lightning
Another bolt set on FIRE the icc-honse on hc property
of Robert Barbour, III Bergen County: Inc pulIIlH
was DESTROYED and nearly all OF the zee melted ny
The heat The sewers in Jersey City We're 700 SIla
for the volume of water aud nearly az dhe stIecS
The lower portion of the city were Hooded VII
water The meadows between Jersey CITY ana no
boken were overlooked. - =;
The Thunderstorm yesterday was very severe IN
the lower part OF Westchcser County. About hallc
nast II a. m Michael Mckeone, age ten son OF
John McKeone. an empl9ye 9t inc H Gi,.r,i
a Kn,ir0a Twelve graSdson Of John thinner,
living on the White Plains-road, 0inville,
took Shelter beneath large oak tree, short DIS
vailed at the time, and Were botl ~
stan.ly killed by lightning Their bodies
were discovered shortly afterward and cGInycyed
TO their respective homes Across the TIght shouiGr
of the boy McKeone there is broad blue mark,
supposed to have been made hy the lightning.
About half an hour ha 2fir Of W %Gs%4
half a mile north Of Olinville. owned ny hr. Don
nelly and occupied by two families; va suneh 10y
Shipsky girl about thirteen years old, received Sc
we're injuries on the head and face. or snort time
she was insensbe and supp scd 70 he diving
ON the lower floor; Mrs. C0oney received Sn'h q
shock that she fell from the CHAR on whch she
was s;ttiug i'm state of inscnsihiiity and late last
evening she was considered to De- in critical con-
diton. The lightning. after dem0h hing the chln-
ney and portions of the house ON the Sou'h h"''
scattered i'm all directions, tearing of the clap
boards on the outside and the lathcS ana
pastering within, and breaking doors ana Windows
II passed tnrouxh the earth ami a board al The
haze of fence in the front of the horse ami kil"
a horse belong NC tn Henry Rough. butcher whirh
was standing near BY, and stunned boy Who haG
chs ,ge Of the animal.