The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-16
CONNECTICUT LI0HTNING.
t Played 0neer Pranks In Various Places
A Tornado and Hail STERN.

"A Tornado and Hall storm.
Norwich. Aug. 15.--An extraordinary thun-
der cloud rolled over eastern Connecticut tho
other afternoon Instantly the world became
almost M black as night. A torrent OF rain and
hall pelted the earth, and the ornament seemed
to DO sowed with flashing fire balls. The crash
OF thunder was almost continuous and apral-
ing. In tho village Of Danielsonvillo on the
west side OF tho place. a lot OF clothes Ind been
drying on n lonR.nrmcd reel that was like the
wheel OF windmill. Soon n big blazing fire
ball shot down from cloud and struck thas
reel. Then the reel spun a,ounl like crazy
top. Faster and faster It twir,od. the clothes
s'eaning and bagRing In tho wind gusts. until
finally 1t went 80 irot that tho people VINO
Sazed at IL saw only n white ring in the mir.
like tho rings OF Saturn seen through big
telescope. Then suddenly the entire concern
vanished The family that owned the reel
went Into the yard after the tempest TO ind II,
but 1t had gone. Thev found q few sDlnters Of
wood painted red. half u pint Of buttons. a
hole in ths ground, and q fostoon OF sodden
and tattored clothes trailed ulong tho garden
walk.
Another bolt went tn, whole length OF Oak
street, turned into Mechanic street and dis
appeared. 1t made trouble all along the street
Mrs. Julian AIRY was pnralyzed BY 1t. though 1t
didn't seem to touch her. and Mis-. Marie Bns.
Pett and other women were So severely shaken
south Parish it Just erazed Tie old irovor
house. mato shingles aud clapbonrds ~. and
bot eo4so IT, s'0 barn the
Sioam place askew. and the structure. with he
rsp hay In H. MD
ewson HOPKINS place. with many tons OF hay
and u lot Of farming tools.
room. knocked the fl'en,an down. and piled
Of eoa eNa Black aas
5 oas He Sr sss fss. ais sa S
their bodies in group in the middle OF his
In Seymour lightning struck Phil Spoon
table Drinking beer were knocked under the
much iniurea: woman in M roe room a' over III" The
saloon was slightly shocked, In the same vi;
lsd se oSse on tho
lamp and bnrnea a neat little, round koie in
telsnhone wire and burned out all the tele-
phone boxes in the vii nEe.
the veranda Of his homs In Gin street Shelf on.
saw an electric flreball mount an electric wire.
and tn h. show hG says vas IA, an amazing
and blazing 6ail SHOT st s toward ward
his house thought r IT must hi hit
where an electric wire was in the way and
caught 1t. For an instant 1t spun around like
pthwheel. emitting a shower OF sparks uad
daSzng lsh Then i r.sd risnt al1ns
found that two ieet Of the insulating cover had
been stripped from he wire where the bail hit
It, aud It danslsd in the air, leaving the wire
In, Fair Haven a dozen persons under An
awning at Grand avenue and Fillmore street
sp se ssase @ Ss and III op ns
! streets. Knocked off some fancy scrollwork
about the sash. then dropped like komnn
| candle on telephone wire. 1T appeared.
| said the spectators. like u huge ball Of fire
| rolling swiftly on the sleuder wire" At Con-
| ductor John Burk's house it was suddenly
spiintered into fragments. and disappeared
There was q tornado on Wednesday at Burr
| Vile which blow down u dozen or moro big
| trees. lifted George Burr's house off it's roun-
| dation. and chucked It back again. and pickle
up rail fences md carried them quarter Of a
| mile. In Bloomfield the gale was terrific. and
Dacco was badly DAMAGE !: corn and pole beans
were flung down. and scores OF ,ruit trees in
| wrenched into fragments. Frank j. Mile,
| aud David Rose say that great willow and
| apple trees on their farms were snapped In
laid fiat" At Timothy Griswold's place q
thr, ugh picket fence. and Zig trees Their,
! we're torn VIZ 10y the roots. Redall Peck los
| 5000 In tobacco that was destroyed. l.. NJ
| Tanning had nearly an acre OF tobacco ruined
and George MeXcur. LucIus Peck. William II
I;atimer, ard others lost heavily on account o
hail and yale did great damage to tobacco
| In Glastonbury.