New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-07
STARTLING ELECTRICAL DISPLAY.

ing saw the lightning flashes darting over the
old Garden like forked tongues OF flame. Ihey
said that they never witnessed such weird
electrical display Near by, Pier A, Of the Dock
Department, was badly damaged, and the cor.
rugated iron doors az tile she were peh' ""u
twisted like cardboard.
Tho building No. - Broadway and It's oc-
cupauts had a narrow escape from lightning
fla .h The storm was at its height when there
was "A fash Of lightning which blinded every
one IN that part of the city An instant ia'ef
il was followed by terrific thunder clap tha'
sounded as if it came from lmmedia'eiy aoo'o
the building The sound of the thunder haa
scarcely died away when the occupants OF TINS
building found that the Railways were full OF
smoke and falling SCOT. An examination was
made by the janitor. and lie found that 'he eieo-
trio bolt had gone down the chimney anu us.
anucared into the earth. 1t stirred up the sooS
and .ent il mourning ont of every opening. No
one was hurt. but every one III 'he "uh"'ns
felt that he had had narrow escape
woonwopK SHATTERED AND GLASS BROKEN.
One of the effects of the storm WAS the pdr.a,
carving away of the bridge which connects t'ie
Custom House building with the buidihg opPosi'o
il in Exchange Place, in which are the quarters
of rho Naval Officer II tore away the western
siie of the bridge and smashed most OF the glass;
in it.
II was wild prank which the wind played wi'n
a.. roof 81 tbo baggage room Of the Staten Island
Ferry The room is structure apout ~" pe'
long and Is feet in height 1t Is al the rear
Of the Staten Island ferry house IL Is d ouiiuins
consisting of a framework of iron covered Vy
corrugated iron The roof projected iar over 'ii"
aldo of thc building The wind caught the pro-
,oc,;no Gonqe of metal and pred and tugsed at IL
until n section OF tine roof forty lee' iohs "as
lifted ND and carried over upon the mousse vi W
U,mi,,on.aye. ferry and npon the South Ferry
r.,.;nn Of tbe Manhattan Elevated Railway.
The big sheet was, in its flight through the an,
divided into four pieces The sheets OF metal
,.ll with a crash, and narrowly missed falling
unon pcrsons hurrying to the ferries
mart of the tower OH the lhnty-nntn-st.
,,,r,. w,s blown off and the heavy front OF
freight house of the New.iork Central and hudson
River Railroad was hIrcd down anca the ground.
Nion1 South and West sts. horses attached 70
hno~ilv loaded trucks were maddened with fright
Ure tsam ran into the South Ferry house, ana
others narrowly missed rushing into the river
The public parks were AZ az 'n" e,cs OF in 'ns wrv
park were ruined by the lightning or torn up ny
the roots by the force OF the winds. Inc grass
in tie parks was strewn with tho branches torn
from the trees
LIGHTNING STRIKES sPIRE
In the height of the storm the cross on the
Grand and Ridge SITS. was struck by the lightning.
A mart of the cross was broken oil and fell upon
tho pavement below.
The rainstorm took advantage OF every open
window. and many houses and apartments were
flooded TIE windows of the Produce Exchange
were all up when the storm came and before the
attendants could close them the floor of the Ex.
change was flooded. AS il was covered with fouP
tlcre resulted a sticky mixture which the en-
rloycs could not remove without much trouble.
On the water Yesterday afternoon was a period
of storm, r. in aud fog. The Writer'S of the Upper
lay were dark and sullcn and down beyond tho
Narrows the sea bubblcd AMI scctcd like a mighty
cauloron. The vessels lying at Quarantine wefe
al oiscur,d in misty vapor. The water poured upon
the decks Of steamers and ships faster than the
scuprers could carry II Off
= There were several narrow escapes from col
lision. Between Ellis Island and the Barge
Office there plies a boat named the ShackamaxOn.
She came over when the storm was thickeel
yesterday afternoon. She avoided collisions until
She had nearly reached her pier. Then, with
resounding bump. she struck the Liberty Island
boat landing. and stove IN her port aae toe
. distance Of twenty feet. Several Of the vtnd9vR