Morning journal and courier., 1882-09-11
The Lightning's Work.

A House Struck in WhitneyvilIs-A La
 dy's Experience-House Struck in Fair
 Haven-Efects in Many Other Parts of
 the State Persons Frustrated - Two
 Barns Destroyed by Fire.
 The heavy thunder storm of Friday night
 will be remembered in number of places on
 account of places struck by lightning. In
 Whtneyville the house of Andrew Root near
 Rock Lane was struck. The lightning cut
 up queer capers It struck the southeast
 corner of the house, tore off half dozen
 shingles, followed the gutter to the rear of
 the house, went down the conductor to the
 ground and threw up little dirt. It also
 passed through portion of the roof down
 into all parts of the house and started of the
 corner board. From there it went into the
 cellar and burned the fange of ababy car
 riage and thence made it's tracks visible for
 quite distance about the premises A large
 oak tree standing twenty feet away from the
 house was struck and batch of chips and
 splinters were thrown off and lay under the
 tree. The back yard of the residence of MT.
 Andrew Butler whese residence fronts on
 Whitney avenue and the yard of the Root
 house meet. Mrs. Butler, wife of MT. But
 fer, who was in her house when the lightning
 struck the Root house, experienced 8 severe
 shock and did not breathe naturally for an
 hour afterward. She was never timid as are
 many ladies during thunder storm, but
 would sit sometimes and watch the play of
 the lightning. She was visibly affected by the shock, which caused her arm to drop powerless at her side. After an hour she felt about as usual.
 IN FAIR RAvEN-CHICKs KILLED. Albert M. Holden's house, on Farren ave- nue in Fair Haven East was struck the same evening. The bolt divided, portion pass ing down the chimney to the cellar. Plaster ing and laths in the sitting room and parlor were thrown down. In the cellar were hen and her brood of young chickens. Six of the latter were killed, but the mother and ths remainder of the family were spared. The lightning also tore up the shingles on part of the roof and passed down the side of the house, creating havoc with the clap boards
 The lightning in the shape of a ball of fire entered tho Starin steamboat office and did slight damage.
 JOINER SHOP. There was also heavy thunder shower Saturday morning iu Hartford, Clinton, New | London and elsewhere. At Clinton Saturday l morning. soon after six o'clock, George A. Boga1t's joiner shop was struck and set on fire. MT. Ely Morgan who was at work by an open window in the shop, was knocked ! down and stunned, though he recovered con sciousness in time to put out the fire and pre- vent much damage.
 IN HADLYME. In Hadlyme a barn belonging to Charles H. Broadway was struck and burned with all it's contents.
 IN NEW LONDON. At 1920 Saturday morning the barn of William l.. Lester, located near the Pequot ! stables, was struck by lightning and set on fire. The horse, two wagons and hay cutter l were saved. Ten tons of hay were consumed. The barn was insured for $2OO. A hostler | and another man in the Pequot ables were l prostrated by the shock.
 FIVE MEN sTRUoK-A COW KILLED. Five men in Yantic took refuge in an ice house during the storm. The building was struck and all five were paralyzed for time. One named Michael Lynch was terribly | burned The lightning struck him on the side and back, tore off his clothes, cork l screwed down his leg and passed out at his | foot, making round hole in the top. Still Lynch lives and is expected to recover. A l COW in g field close by was killed. The driver of span of horses was knocked senseless. A yoke of cattle in Franklin was struck and killed.
 The barn of Luther Browning in Lisbon wes struck and was burned. The live stock | was saved. Numerous reports como tn of 1 trees and feRces struck in all parts of the l county.
 ! NEAR THE COVE. As the stage to the Cove was nearing the | Cove Friday evening by flash came and ap- parently struck on the hill, after which it passed down the hill. The driver, Mr. Ashly, experienced slight shock and felt
 the flame pass over his right hand, and after ! ward experienced numbness or pain in the
 knuckles. The only occupant of the stage, MT. Robert Morris, son of Mir. Morris living
 at the Cove, was startled, and thought the l stage had been struck. A tree on the hill, it is said, was struck.