New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-06
ONE FREAK OF LIGHTNlNG'
r,purR pEMAREsr STRUCK DOWN.

orcrpRENcE NEAR PAikhoo
pISo sTRAIGHTENEp OUT .n ~,
A. parney Demarest was oiisiIS n.,oson road
"a. g., an open spring waFon W ,oraov after
VIZ - lilies out from Paterson NJ ." y'o e. 70.
three h''es struck by lightning the case Is "
noon' ne w nemarest is a farmer and lives III fo"p-
MAJ ,ous nine miles from Paterson 0oi'o
~ 'oa .eo his father died, leaving MN a "ua
g. of houses ana o.uoi r,s
tate In Paterson. DIT. snS, ., avery
,,oa the town regularly about the pioS ,ostor
80, ~ - collect his rents. This was his errano -
moh =. early In the morning and made has'e "
sn..,n b,s business fearful less the sui.ry ra
s,s nnc rain About o'clock he started nome
MS wav law over the Preakness Mountain ,a,ooda
nehina the city at short distance W. ua large
,od road has been built over the moun'"'' ~ noss
LIZ. =, ,ts foundation was taken from srea ~ ,~os
part OF i's s,, orowns the hill. This rock was
" . s,o ,vben the road was built, ana In o'uo' W -
.no aseent as easy as possible the ROAD a' 'no ~
raised as much rs was practlcapic. .,o,n ,rben
as,arest had nearly ascended the mountain "heu
.bc rain began to fall The "ihu ,D,1,,,,,,v
10. furv and the thunder crashed irieu''"rI no
grea. l., ,.orses soon became unmanageabe. he
i ,as tho entrance of the mountain pass put no
-, not induce the horses to enter the cu" 80
,ooa ,m,noyable In evident terror ana whe"e, -
90 co forward, despite vigorous use Vi ',o dos
,lv responded by rearing ana pi"nso "a
o' -, 7, t,n, meantime the storm incrcaseu "
hur ana the ram AeA' ~
,o the seat of the wagon and running thro"s" " -
80 n stationary UMBRELLA designed TO serve ms SUI w
shade This had been hoisted despite the "ihu' ""N
aeording the farmer and his wife some Pro.e Prsoo
there was no possibility OF getting the team =. az ,
Mr. Demarest concluded to turn them aroenu " 10,
''i. . ,,hor,,g farmhouse until the storm hao
49,, ne had his left hand firmly clasped ABOUT 'no
tdle NJ the umbrella and with his right ne nc .'o
an. and endeayored to the terrified ana piu"eh
horses. - , eaobed directly
inst at this moment binding glare hashea ",ieo'
nrheaa there was tremendous crash Inc no
o'ei 49,, IN, ona trembled the umbrella was torn
. , ,be wagon seat and the farmer, swayihs I'LL
,ns,ant plunged headlong into the road u H. -'
:, paterson. was coming through the cut ana 81" W.
xvho,e occurrence at distance OF ABOUT ioo ieo'
snrane from his wagon and hurried 70 the a~sSi'' ~
De,narest The old man. for he Is nearly Sky ye"iS
ace was lying on MS risn' e ,,,-aned
a. though dead left side OF his race was o
"a suo,len and his left hung riGsdiy at ms sio
His body seemed TO be extraordinarily ncafs' i -,
Ne,son who is a strong, vigorous man. cou'o' WIN -,
utmost exertion, barely lift him. up. wheh n""s -
Was raised up and laid at full length In the po'o Vi ~
wagon he showed no sign OF liie' MRS. De"''io
had sat only few inches from her husband was h'"'s
.d shs oompained in answer to Mr. Nelson's
usstions Of a pain around her waist but said IL was
sI,ebt Near by was the farmhouse OF IL. l. hihan'
10 which Mr. Demarest had intended 10 uriVe i"''"
NJ, Nelson led the horses with the body OF the
ON the way Mr. Demarcst began to show signs VI Io
turning activity lie tried TO move and uttered shof
oa, When the farm house reached be was piaceu
upou a couch aud Dr. Porter D. hlhhe' Vi i"'0' 49,
family ply sician, was sent Tor. . ~,
After the first sign life had manifested ltseh Nr
Dcnsrest quickly grew better lie hao rece'ou "
traordinary shock and his entire body was hunoeu "
this feel of rigidy died away, shooting ana sthsihe
naips coursed through him. every inch OF hesh WI"
boinc prieked with needles His left arm was ehtreiy
without feeling and his left hand, which had ciaspeu
the umbrella handle had been cut by tne hgh'n"s o
through the flesh palm for distance OF anu
half The hand was swollen TO twice It's hatuI" 'Ne
and was almost entirely purple Upon inc n.,iS n-k %
ot This hand Mr. Demareat had worn heaVy ls"' gnu
,, i, was gone and the spot ii had eircled was per
fectly white AS the ring could not have been torn W
the finger without taking the finger Win IL, 'eio wac
much curiosity as to how 1t was removed hau was
sent back to the spot where the accue"' oo
on-red He returned with the ring, which
nad been rendered perfectly straight
by the tbunderbolt lie found 1t standing upright III n
mud .,..
nv this time Dr. Kinnie had arrived. The patient
was still suffering intensely from the stingng oarthe
Mains though they growing gradually less Ireque'
and less severe. Ho could scarcely SPEAK,
for the muscles OF bis throat were ahec1eu
He complained of pain in his spine and chest ana OF
the general gidity of the left side Of his person. Ills
mise however was normal Dr. Kinnie said last night
tnat he would recover
ALARM IN A SCHOOL. IN ORANGE
Durnc a rain and wind storm which suddenly arose IN
Orange yesterday afternoon while the children OF inc
Park Avenue School attending to their studies'
shock was felt and the building appeared 70
sway TO and fro and roaring morse was
heard The wind had struck Tue Duuine
with great force tearing Off the tin on the ROOF ana
throwing IL upon the grouno together with number
OF beams Several large timbers protrnded through te
ceiling Of the upper ciass-rooms. The children made
rIsb for the door but were met by Miss Reed, the
principal who ordered them back The children Ia te @
other ciass-roonls were greatly frightened put the
feachers prevented a panic. The principal then gave
orders 10 dismiss the school and the children marched
out In good order