, 1890-07-19
A SEVERE STORM.
Unusual Electrical Disturbance and
Heavy Rain.
A Sheep Herder Struck by Light
ming and Killed.
Mrs. ]. N. Culver Frustrated by a
Strong Shock.

Jupiter P,,uvius held a grand soiree in
this vicinage yesterday afternoon. The
severest electrical storm ever seen here
burst over the city at 2:30 and continued
with spiteful and undated fury for an
hour and a half. Lightning flashed and
cracked viciously every minute and the
thunder rolled and rumbled and grumbled
until the affrighted air seemed to carry a
u continuous peal. Rain descended in
sheets. Each thoroughfare had streams
on either side and many cellars we're
flooded.
JOHN GREGORY KILLED.
The storm was marked by one fatality.
Of which John Gregory. an Englishman
in the SIND year of his age was the vic
tim. He and a mate, a young man,
were holding a bunch of Thomas Brothers
sheep at the south end OF Lake Mime
bahia, Immediately east of the city. A
particularly wicked bolt felled the poor
fellow, burning his clothing, singeing his
hair and scorching the body. Lightning
landed over his right temple, leaving a
rugged wound from which considerable
blood flowed. Gregory's companion
rushed to the dead man and e~xtinguisbed
the fire in bis dress, but not until it was
almost entirely consumed. The dead
man was lying on his back, a hand still
clufching a stick used in driving sheep.
The body, especially above the waist,
was badly discolored. Shoes were torn
from his feet.
t. c. Gregory, brother of the dead
man, was shearing sheep at the quaran
tine yards. He is 10 deep sorrow over
the tragedy. Until a month ago the men
bad been separated for twelve years.
s. G. Webb is very nervous over the
fatality. Gregory was out as his slbsti-
tute and today would have been cooking
for the outfit at the quarantine yards.
Webb says a man took his place for a day
in Colorado recently and was drowned.
A quite graphic description of the sud
den taking of of Gregory is given by
Wilson, the companion herder. They
were badly scared as the storm increased,
but could not think OF leaving their
charge. Flash after fash almost par
alyzed them with fear aud well nigh
stampeded the sheep. Wilson almost
dropped himself when he saw a binding
bolt dart at Gregory and strike him
down. They we're about fifty yards apart.
Twelve sheep were killed.
An inquest was deemed unnecessary.
Gregory will be buried today at public
expense, as the brothers we're without
means. They walked from Fort Collins
to Cheyenne.
THE CULVER HOUSE.
Old wires conducted lightning into the
Culver residence on Ferguson. near the
capitol. Mrs. j.. M. Culver was knocked
down and while no permanent injury will
result she will be confined to her room
several days. The house was damaged
but little.
A WILD RUMoR.
A report that a little son of Billy Scan
lon OF the Union Pacific has been stricken
down by lightning while in his fathers
arms flew about the town after the storm.
In the first place ''Billy's" sons are
sweet little girls. A bolt did hit near the
double house on West Sixteenth, occu-
pied by the Scanlons and Jas. Woods
and wife. The object of contact was 3
telegraph pole sixty feet back Of the
house, A few big splinters were knocked
out of it.
sToPPED A WATCH.
The storm caught LOUIS Kirk and o.
F. RLoads in the northeastern part of
the city. They hit the high places In a
hunt for shelter. While skipping across
a vacant lot lightning struck near them.
Both were shocked and Mr.. Kinks watch
was stopped.
A tree in front of Mrs. Nagle's resi-
dence was shattered.
The lightning. in a dash for that only
home made taffy, knocked Mrs. Robin
sons awning u of plumb.
Water soaked into the Cheyenne Ma
tional bank block, and nearly all the plas-
ter fell from the ceiling in Glafcke Bros.
confectionery store. Goods aud fixtures
were damaged to the extent of $50.
The torrent washed away a temporary
dam above the city water works. Crow
creek was rampant for a couple of hours.
Harrington's clothing store in the Carey
block sprung a leak in the ceiling, but
nothing was injured.