The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-21
HAIL, RAIN, AND LIGHTNING.
LIrEs LOST IND DAMAGE TROUGHf
~ SATURDAY NiGHH's STORM.

| Almost \ Tornado i; -ryille, -. -BuiiS-
iaE' Jnroofed. Trees Jprooted, Thou
sands OF r.ne. OF Glass Ssuashed-HsiS-
| stones DiE as Waiauts-Reports that
Two Yachts Were Cap-txed and ere De-
eupants Drownrd-on- Man Struck by
| IiEhtnirE-rwo Men Killed at Atlantic
| uiShinuds--Mr-. Foot Lost In the Storm
DeiuE- In teatrai P.rk-Train stalled.
The people OF Somerv.l.e. v j.. have been
praying Cor rain FOR weeks and weeks. Their
| corn has been burning up. their grain has been
| dying. their cabbage AMI their potatoes aud
| their turnips have been near to ruin. The
| earth was hot and parched. Rain was needed
! and II was needed badly.
1t happened Saturday afternoon about 4
o'clock that a wave u hi. h pressure meander-
ing up from the south me: wave Of low pres
sure meandering down from the east in the
neigh borhood OF Albany.
Now. high pressure wave and low pres
sure wave. when apart. are peaceful enough.
but once they get together there's a row.
Each OF those waves that met near Albany was
strong and healthy. and after shaking hands
over the rarchei country around about they
Joined forces and started for the southwest
l. may or it mar not be that they had heard
about the prayers of tho people Of Somervile.
but it's demo nstrate fact that Somervile Is to
the southwest at 4 they headed straight for IL
On the way down several winds saw them aud
went along. too. as m otive power so that after
a while the two waves were travelling thirty
five miles an hour
Trenton. as the crow flies. is shy 200 miles
from Albany. Just a little while after the two
pressures met in Albany two other pressures
met at Trenton. They were strong and
healthy. too. and they also Joined hands. II
. may or may not be that they heard about the
needs OF the good people Of Somerviile. At
all events. theT started OF toward the north
east, with no moro motive. apparently. than
the Albany waves had for heading southwest.
The Albany waves travelled faster than the
! Trenton pair. and. though the distance was
! greater than from Trenton. all four came in
sight OF Somerville at about the same time.
and in sight OF each other too. That seems TO
have caused the trouble. Their approach Is
described bT a citizen Of SomerviIle thus:
1t began to get dark and then over the top
OF the m untains in the southwest there ap-
pea-ed heavy black cloud. rs head
cone-shaped and appeared to twist and whirl
around under a snow white cap. Its body was
long and black as night. Its tail Jagged
and irregular and seemed to sweep the noun
tain as it crossed. 1t got lower anu lower as it
travelled along. and it SCENE! TO gather speed.
and should think it was coming at the rate
a forty miles aa hour. The biz whirlng cone
shaped head had Just cleared tho mountain
top when of in the northeast another cloud
appeared Il Was white and looked like a
great snow bank. and travelled like an express
train. Its head was like mountain. its body
was long. II had a tail that seemed to wriRgie.
While it was almost snow white its edges wers
black"
The citizens Of Soneryi!le reioicei when
they saw the Trenton monster coming. They
were still rejoicing when they saw the Albany
monster. When they saw the velocity with
which these two monsters approached they
agreed Yesterday that five minute after the
monsters were first seen they appeared to he
| from the west. and Somervil!e people DONE re-
member very clearly what happened in the
They say the monsters smash together:
Thsy saw as na Issks bsD sh9os
Q, thunder as ii the whole heavens we're iaiI-
ing, Then came deuge Of rain.
soner :HS nan Who Who descri5ed the sish.ns Of
tho storm. 1T grew light again. and the rain
sgd tie lis5tnt9s came, il biSdins flashes:
while the thunder ratified and rolled. The
women dropped IN their knees and prayed for
de!verance from it.
r. There came another stcsak Of dayIight-
gsefheE again With 2 fea.ip! crash ash This was
y sysF Of tea sUfH 81 "a e6s
root. Win a deaferin- rattle Itsmashed the
windows. With it came a fearful wind from
down seemed 10 be driven through the air at
about the height Of an average lnan-
whirled them about and twisted and broke
them. It tore up huge trees by the roots and
aad barns and tossed them about. It tore
down chimneys and hurled the bricks through
moment it seemed to grow .lercer. while the
hastone s. at first the size OF leas, grew to the
they S Sangs gel and Crashed throagh svsr5thins
they struck. IL fifteen minutes they had
reached depth OF several inches.
down again in torrents for few ninates;
Then the hal came me- ASs;n TEL! y9H t or;
in somervi!!e were not on their knees praying
e, God to stop II. then don't know somer-
The fury Of the mighty eomhpptants was
to soc Tnat Ia m ags had been done until yes
is .h SER. T hszz sstn m tfst x DE
Just in the edge Of the path xa5 what was sap
posed Z - the strongest "g!aIias 10 that part
Of Tun s9p, Z I4r;;ier II was three.storZ
bT:es .44!tag The root had been cut on
In n the the ~SoIs town there were rot more than
wrecks and loss Of he and Injuries began
day. III" first fatality reported was the death
M2hAs Ha,s Hes "a. em .s1. on Rh sss
the clouds came together The Arst fash II
!lghtntng seemed 10 strike him. and he fell
The mex, whs re ported 10 Chief Manning OF
the police - Jacob Rect. Ti.ku. I'll. who has
a dairy farm at North Branch. he said That
he vas driving home. and when Within sight OF
HulIooks Point in the Raritan k:T"r ne saw a
catboat. with three persons aoa-d. ne driven
before tie wind 4 moment after lie saw u 70
car s.led saG Apparently sank. he saw neither
OF the three occupants hgair-
at would have hern sl,cI!e.' n said. Tor
me 70 have tried to get out 20 aid thea
From. south Branch "ams a story that Mary
NctIoYa. lh6nas Peterson, and John Nc
Glove. IT., mad gpEe rut IN n sailboa, whIch
had UeeG cap-izat. John McGioy- had sHc-
cc.ted IN swimming ashore wiki his s.ster.
bat Jefferson nAi Teen trpTEei; De Wltt
BrokAw the niEht ~sychman AZ the Central
RAJ road station. tod this - ~,
He was = h. way TO the sta'.on when The
storm rro&A r.. vas s'rlggn 20 keep his
feet. when opposite the CoPm"rc.al Horsi =
D.g tie" vAs an outed and is.. toward him He
tie! TO escape. uEt INC u the 'raa, hes stTueS
h!nl AMI kuo .ket , IN seAsz!sss. lie did not
recover % 30 minutes
owen Ger1! IN. g-ave-iSYt F sa!d no went
IL . D."