The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-08-23
A FURIOUS STORM.
WIND AND RAIN. ACCOMPANIED
by THUNDER AND LiGH TIMING.

rho Electric Fluid Sa,agely Darling
About at all Points-A Little Child
rIIied-~evcral Houses >truck-for'"-
naieiy Little other Damage Done.
The day broke clear and hot yes,te'-
day morning. and the sun roiieu ny
with "a flaming eve. IL was tue uo.'';.
dav of the year perhaps at any ia'e -
seemed b be the universal COMPANY
that il was hotter than midsummer
Travellers from the country com
nlaiued of the dusty thOrOughiares, ana
Notwithstanding the fact that ram has
fallen i'm such copious quantities as 70
do GREAT damage to crops. fruits ana
propertv. yet strange rs it may be, there
was complaint yesterday morning that
rain was needed. In the afternoon IL
came. and came heralded by strong
wind and severe thunder ana lightning
THE STORM.
broke over the city about 6:5O CLOCK
p. VI. and the rain fall continued io'
about half an hour.
For Richmond. a dasbing fall OF ram
Il the best street cleaner that the city
clean. and refuse matter that otherwise
would not be touched Is swept away
leaving the streets clean and nice. Inc
rain. however. gets even with the CITY
sometimes. and when the waters rave
and rise above the banks Of the James
it collects tribute from the city IN the
shane OF damage done TO property with
in h.. limits. There was very little in
Jury of this sort done, however, by the
storm OF yesterday.
FIRE ON FRANKLIN STREET.
About Gao o'clock yesterday after
noon am alarm of fire was sounded. \
loud neal Of thunder had been heard
about TWO minutes before the fire bells
rang. and the rain was falling heavily
As soon as the alarm was sounded the
first thought that suggested itself was
That fire has been caused by light
ming. aud sure enough, this was the
case.
The lightning had struck one of the
wires on the iucludescent electric line
running into 10. 81 east Franklin
street. and caused the alarm. The fire
DEPARTMENT was quickly on the spot. but
no damage had been done. and the mef
and machines returned 10 quarters.
A LITTLE CHILD KILLED.
Lightning Yesterday caused the dealt
of "A briQht aud beautiful little girl
The city has been visited with thunder
storms this summer which have done
much damage. Bolts Of lightning have
set fire 10 houses and stables. but yes
tcrlay evening chronicles the first lost
Of life.
About twenty minutes past clock
when tine storm was al it's height. the
little daughter of Mr.. William Whit
man. who lives on Twenty-hfth stree
between Ncnablc and Darlington. wa'
walking up the rear stairs when bolt
struck her. and carried her pure. limo
cent soul t0 Heaven.
A peculiar feature of this disastrou
accident was that the building ltsel
was injured 10 only "a small extent.
The little girl was only seven years
of aye. and was the idol Of her parents
HOUSE STRUCK ON LEIGH STREET.
During the storm. and while thu
lightning was PLAYING around genor
ally. a house on Leigh street between
Fifth aud Sixth-the fourth from thi
corner OF Fiith-was struck. The b D
seemed TO strike 1t Literally aud 10 pas
along the side of the bulliing an'
thence into the ground. a number o
pane. Of glass were broken. but fortu
natclv no other damage was done anC
nobody was hurt.