New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-16
SEVERE ELECTRICAL STORMS.
BUILDINGS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING OR BLOWN
DOWN by THE GALES.

DOWN by THE GALES.
Long Branch. v j. June Ij--During the heavy
thunderstorm last night lightning played havoc In this
place willow Grove Cottage. n boarding house owned
Ly ~ Trc,man nj sewer and Long Branch ayes. WIS
struck and tho bolt 81 lightning went completely
through the roof the chimney. The lightning
PLAYED about the garnet and then went ont through
4 window striking a large tree In front OF the cot
iag.. IN" tree completely demolished. The cot
tag was not much damaged. and tho Inmates. some VI
whom wcrc stunned wcrc not seriously injured. Mr.
and Mrs. Trouimnn. who asleep nj the time the
hola, was struch. thrown ont ~ bed. Much Of
The furniture fl the hon,e or l"ss damaged.
but tn total darmg. which is fully covered by insur
nncc viii non exceed 81 900. The building did not
TAX" nr.
Another Solt OF lightning siruckthc house Of Dc WIT
Fairy at Kenslng;on Park on tho outskirts of Long
Branch. Mrs FAIRY and her young child. who had
been startled from their sleep by the heavy thunder got
MP ana ccrn abont dress Themselves when the bed
on which they had been sleeping was struck by hight
ming ana set fire. The flames spread npdly nnd
the hctsc wns entirely consumed. together with lis
contents except a plano. The inmates werc not srri-
ou.ly injured though they stunned The loss Is
about $4,000 and l. partially covered by Insurance.
Bangor Me-. June ia storm struck this city
about p. yesterday. II lasted for about hal'
an hour during which time rain fell In torrn's.
bindings were unrDpfed and blown down, trees wer"
nproot.d and lumber piles blown over The little
and down the river, caught By the sHuall and
clpsiycd when oAly short distance below he Maine
Central wharf Miss Madeline Adams, daughter OF
james Adams drowned, and II was thought the
other -xicen passengers We're savdd by boats from
the shore. This morning. however, the Pcnobsrot
River near where the steamer capszcd WIS dragged
and one body been recovered, that Of Mrs Thrza
" Mcdonald aged about hfty and II IS thought moro
bodies will be find members Of the rescung party
declare they n and woman sink. There ap-
pears 10 be no definite Information 70 the number
Of PERSONS on bonri ut the time Of IN" accident.
Al MapcwOod Park. where the Eastern Maine Fair
Is held several hundred feet Of fence several hundred
horse and ca,t. stalls and the exhibition buildings
were demolished The Noycs e Nuter Componys
fa,rdy and nuincrous houses lost their chimncys, ard
huge iimbers from the lumber yuNs carried long
distances through the air The path Of the tornado
was about 100 feet wide and nearly due east In
Brewer the house Of John Brown, newly built, was
blown na train the Bangor and Piscataqu'S
road encountered the storm shirley. Hugo hall
stones broke the glass In the windows and denied the
tops Of the cars. Telegraph wires succnmbcd and
Bangor bad no communication IN any way for many
hours.
Lewiston Me-. June IA storm passed through
Durham. Lisbon and Bowdonham last night, doing
much damage. The barn OF W. p Brown. Durham.
was struck by lightning and burned, with farm i'm
PIGMENTS hay and swine. In many houses In Dur
ham glass was broken and the farms fruit trees
and fences were blown down. At Lisbon Falls the
WOrumbo Mills had 700 panes Of glass broken and the
Fibre Company lost 1000. Crops We're demolished
In the track Of the storm. Bowdoinham ana lopsh~m
report considerable damage.
Worcester. Mass. June 15-Last night lightning
struck the house Of =. VI. Brigham, in loylson. II
set fro 10 the house. which totally destroyed.
Mr.. Brigham Is the town treasurer. IIc saved his
rouors ana also the rcrors of the sccctmcn. which
were in his keeping. The loss Is about $4,000
Lightning struck tho Methodist Church at Princeton
and burned II TO the ground. The church was over
fifty years old II burned from thu sce1ac down.
and there was plenty Of time to save the movable
property. The building not Insured. It's value
was from 5000 TO 5000.
| Pennington Me-. June ia t0rmdo with RAIN
and hail ragged for fifteen minutes yesterday afternoon
naiIStoncs one inch in diameter picked up on
| the streets. AZ the time Of the storm the ticr-
momctcr registered "a degrees after the storm 6o de-
grces Much glass broken Iu buildings AID trees
blown down.
orono Me- June I5-Atout . 30 Yesterday after
noon Orono was visited by tempest OF rain ana
wind Tho wind rooted up huge elm trees AID the
cimneys we've .hatered including about thirty lee.
OF the Webster Paper Ns big chimney, ana "a, i n
saco. Me-. june ia thunderstorm hsnc hast night
was accompanied by terrific wind Trees were up
r,oo and some buildings lcvelled. At North sac9
lightning struck George starts house and r" dered
but will probably recover The wind blew down
John Bmn's barn 1T North SarO ard heavy
timber struck his George a. Bean, on the hfs'u
INJECTING probably fatal injuries. Several large barns
In BiddcorI aud sacO were demolished. Much damage
wis also d. to crops. go
showh.gr,n. Me-. June I5.-II. J. F0ggs farm bnih-
Ings At Cornvllle. burned last night by lightning
Loss $1,000. TO-,
R,nir.w, ont, June I5.--Ihc fierce storm wieh
prevailed In this region Yesterday did great dca ol
damage 10 property. wrcckng many houses and pnJc
buildings and placing human life In peril. The wnu,
which swept along with the force Of tornado, DC
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and lcvelled th. farm buildings of David Little, In
Ciranton Township, and Of Peter ID. Campbell, John
others in Admission Township 1t wrecked the roof
and the Windows OF the Renfrcw High school, njuIing
Of tho township Of Horton, dwelling six buildings
II also tore tho roofs Of The Horton Town Hall ana
tall