New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-24
STORMS AND LIGHTNING.
FRUSTRATED BY A THUNDERBOLT.
PATENTS AT BELLEVUE HOSPITAL THROWN DOWN.
OTHER EXPECTS OF THE LIGHTNING.

As stated in THE TRIBUNE briefly yesterday SOW
eral inmates of Bellevue Hospital were severely
shocked by O thunderbot on Sunday evening"
They were seated on the pazzas aboue 'no
courtyard watching the progress Oh the sno"ei ''N
observing the changing positions Oh inc ciouu'
| Flashes of lightning now and then Droke tnious |"
the dark masses and lit up for moment, the ou'-
lines of the hospital buildings. suddenly
a thunderbot accompanied by heavy crash 'ei,
apparently at their feet With cries OF terror anu
blapched faces the patients were. many OF them'
hurled upon the floor Some to their feet I'M
medateIy, while others were so overcome by the
| shock as TO reouire tho assistance of the at
tendants. A man who is known in the Hospital as
| Travis remained insensible for several minutes
after the bolt struck Those who had not Deeh
knocked down fled into the hospital as soon
"a they could recover from the shock. ING
lightning did no serious damage. NoS
single patient received injury. Those VINO "o'o
Frustrated sad after they had recovered from 'no
shock that they felt all right except that there was
a pricking sensation in the legs and arms. All VI
them were as well as usual when TRIBUNE re-
porter visited the hospital last evening
When the lightning struck, three physicians DrS.
Cutler Snyder and Alderman, we're sitting out Oh
tho front stoop smoking. Inc eieo
tuc discharge was felt by each of them
The bolt fell so quickly tnat naruly nuu
to catch sight of it before 1t was gone" sara "
Alderman 1.-The lightning seemed TO come III a
zig-zag course and strike III the quadrangle posi- III
| front of us. The color OF the hght Was Was, a
vivid scIntllating green, and it seemed to illum
nate the whole square like score
of electric lights. The discharge OF I the
| bolt was accompanied by cracking sound
like that which sometimes heard III winter WIN
| the aurora boreas IS particularly brilliant. Inc
sensation that | felt at tho time was about 'ne
same as that which one experiences on
| receiving a current from an electric battery,
| Strange to relate, had terrible headacho
Tor more than an hour ailerwata' = '" onc
| of the most impressive | ever witnessed.
| We made careful examination OF the court today
but could lind no place where the hghtn'hg MAJ
DR. Lowengood who was sitting in the lodging
| room at the time OF the discharge, stated lnat
| little balls of fire ran along the steam p'p IS
and disappeared IN the wall No damage 70
| the pipes resulted from the passage OF lno
| electric current Several OF the patents VIM
they saw the electric fluid dart along the lron-"oIk
of the pazZas and pass downward toward the eatth'
Perhaps the most remarkable TACT IN conhye ,
! with the thunderbot that the bolt did NOT
| strike Bellevue Hospital at all. put tne
| chimney OF tenement bouse IN last i"euty
| ninth-st two blocks distant. The building no
| 1Oi which Is live stones in height IS "c-
| cupltd by fifteen families. mas ueeu
| the custom of the tenants ON the not summer
evenings go out upon the root to get the iesn ar
| Thomas Lamb and three other men were upon
| the roof when the lightning struck ths cuilnho5 E
not more than hiteeu leet ulh'ahl' INC oV't 80"
| tered the cop of the chimney ana seht tne pIuNs
| dying IN all directions some being buIIeu
| a distance OF thirty feet Inc m.h WIZ
| thrown upon Their faces ana RENAMED n an w
\ sensible condition Tor several minutes. rot one OF
them was injured or even received mark from the
| electric nuId. -, -, . ..;, -
| said Mr. Lamb, when he bad recovered from ms
fright can't tell just how felt al the time but
| It seemed II ny head was bursting M1
! heart kept up an awful hump. thump Tor an hour
| ofterwafd It's wonder them bricks didn't bit Us
| when they went tyug about the Tooi th9utn !
In. judgment Day had got along sure, but didn l
| have time 10 say my players before went on 'no
The bolt passed down the chimney, knocking ont
| stove-pipes and uling the kitchens Oh tIe
| tenants With clouds OF SCOT ana hlnoao. Ia
| one room = clock was thrown upon :ho floor aud
| several mauiel ornaments were broken. Although
the shock OF the lightning was i't 10y all VINO were
IN the buildin at the time no ono WAS Injured n
Woman aud her child living In Tho upper story were
| thrown down anu badly stunned. but recovered ID
| a short time.
The influence Of the lightning was strongly
felt ior6eVeral blocks In every direction from thu
| place wuero 1t struck. man ana woman VINO
were standing ou the stOop oil mouse III twenty
ninth-st were thrown down several women NV
ng III the building opposite TAINTED "heh Tue craSh
came Others " DO were on the street at the tine
SAY that they Eel; % breath OF air rush by them as
the bolt Tell
DAMAGE LIsEwHERE
During the thunder storm. between and
o'clock on Sunday night, tho nAgstai ON the TOP OF
smiths carpet factory, at loukcrs was shVered
70 pieccs and a window sash III the liquor shop ot
William McGrath, at Ashburton and Nepperhan
AYES was torn out Of It's place aud completely de-
mOliehed. $780,, -, a.. ii
I'm the same shower lightning struck the OLD
Cromwell house at Glen Cove, near Sea GIN, l.. L.
in two places demOlishiug the chimney ana tearing
clauboards from tho side. Miss Green, llViDg at
Mr Ilovd's house 800 feet distant. was knocked
senseles-. ana her recovery Is doubtful Al the
inmates OF the Cromwell house were badly shocked
A MTs. 1oney, living IN the village 0i hIeh Io'r,
was also badly shocked by bolt striking hoar her
house.
MUCH DAMAGE AT ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS.
BUILDINGS UNROOPED AND DEMoiIsHED-WlDE-
SPREAD HAVOC.
A terrific storm OF wind aud rain visited tho At
lantc Highlands yesterday a few minutes before d
o'clock IN the afternoon. iniicing considerable
damage upon houses and stores. The freaks oi the
wind wero equal to those OF Western tornado
Houses were torn from their foundations, roofs
ripped Of and entire buildings demolished. Shut
tiers and doors were wrcnched from their hinges and
whired through tho AIR. chimneys were toppled
over or carried bodily away and In some cases
buildings were flung into the bay. The havoc was
wide.spr and the damage done runs Tar into
thousands Of dollars No lives are known 10 he