The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-05-01
PARALyzED A WHOLE FAMILY.
Lightning Strikes Ten Persons at Dinner.
Two Die from Its Effects.

New YORK, April 23.-At Pond Ridge,
one of the small towns in Westchester
County, Saturday night Leverda Adams
was visited by his uncle, Noah ".
Brown, aged eigty years, and the latter's
son, both of Danbury, Conn. The mem
bers of Mr.. Adams's family, including
his wife and six children and the MesSrs.
Brown, were seated at the dinner table
when the thunder. storm broke over the
town. They were suddenly startled by
a terrific clap of thunder followed by
bolt of lightning, which struck and ran
down the chimney. The dlning-room
was badly wrecked, the stove being
knocked over and all the persons in the
room rendered insensible.
Edward Adams, the eightcen-ycar-
old son, was the first to recover from
the shock and found that the house was
on fire. He at once set to work to res
cue the others. he dragged their In
sensible forms out one by one and car
r!ed out his infant brother, who was
sleeping in cradle. The infant, though
stunned, was apparently not injured.
After he had rescued all those in the
dining room he succeeded in eXtingulsh.
ing the flames. BY this time some OF
the ne:ghbors came to his assistance,
and the insensible persons We're removed
to the nearest house.
Sunday afternoon Mrs. Adams and all
her children, with the exception OF her
ten-vear-old daughter, had recovered
from the shock. Mr.. Browns son was
also out of danger. Mr.. Adams was IN
a critical condition, being badly burned
from head to foot. His clothing was
nearly all torn from his body. Little
Nellie recovered consciousness and lived
until I O'Clock Sunday morning. She
had made preparations to observe Easter
Sunday and for the event gathered lot
of choice flowers. \ few moments be-
fore little Nellie died she asked her
mother what had caused her injuries,
and when she was told that it was light
ming she said: "Oh, ma, how it did
hurt me. I guess I won't need the
flowers" The child then died in her
mothers arms.
Mrs. Brown died during Sunday
night. Last night Mr.. Adams was still
in very critical condition and but very
little hope of his recovery is entertained.
The house, which was an old-fashloned
frame structure, is a total wreck. The
lightning, IN passing down the chimney,
struck the hearth and seemed to sepa-
rate into three electric balls, which
PLAYED SAD havoc through the building.
The furniture was badly wrecked, the
doors and windows smashed and the
beams and rafters in the attic were
snapped or splintered. The kitchen
cooking utensils were melted and twisted
into different shapes by the electric
current.
During the same storm the barn Of
Mrs. D. L. Park, near Bedford Station,
was struck by lightning and set on fire.
Two COWS and horse persisted. The
same night the lightning played curl
Gus freak in the building known as the
Old Clubhouse, at Milton Point, in
which Stephen Gaunung resides with
his family. A bolt of lightning ran
down the chimney, and after zig-zag-
ging around the room, upsetting chairs
and knocking Mr.. Gaunung down, ran
out the door and struck dog, instantly
killing the animal.