The sun., 1893-07-09
LIGHTNING, WIND, AND HAIL.
4 MsCHLEVoUS IHUNDER STORM
COMES OFT OF THE UEs-.

This city Escapes Lightly, ns Csual--A Man
Killed On Washington IIeight.-An Empty
Train Blown Over on the Long Island
Rnitroad-Uirich'- Pavilion and Lnne's
Drug Store Blown Down at Coney ISL
and-DnmnEe mt Rocknway Beach
Thirfy-sIx Car Londs OF Cnrtr,d <es
Exploded by Lightning mt New Haven.
With the horror OF the Iowa tornado fresh in
their minds. people were inclined to look
apprehensively at the pompous approach OF
last evenings thundcr storm. 1t was n storm
OF brief duration. but very vigorous while 1t
lasted. About y o'clock there appeared in the
western sky somo long. snaky clouds which
whirled and twisted and performed strange
antics. partially obscured by n thin curtain
OF misty wreaths, driving RAPIDLY by. high In
nir Down back Of these was q hoavy. dark
cloud bank. Everything was quiet.
Then few drops OF rain fell. Tho rain
stopped. and suddenly there swept UP from
the North River q fierce wind that cleared the
streets OF pedestrians more quickly than the
hardest rain storm could have done The air
was full Of dust and dirt and small substances
that managed to force their way into mans
eyes. no matter how tightly he closed them
Broadway, near City Hall Park. Immediately
assumed the aspect Of u promenade
for the blind. Mon and women with
their hands over their eyes staggered along
the street running into each other. and STUN
bling about In search Of protecting doorways.
Drivers ofvehicles threw their coats over their
heads. and let their horses pick out the course
as best they could. In front OF the Post Offlce
two men, laundering along with hats over
their faces. narrowly escaped being run over
by n heavy mail wagon.
So Horce wns the wind TINT fho dnhriq
ried along with it fairly stung when It struck
ones face. The hundred odd tramps in City
Hall Park had little unaccustomed exerci Sc:
Rain they mind but little. but when that wind
came sweeping over the open space. with one
park to the shelter of the first CITY Hall porch.
hastenine along ON the wing. Of the wind.
There wss luz then ts the
was was ali beaten down into m mud. The dark
work. Lightning flashed. and as is customary
wore itself out and when 1t stopped two gray
coated sparrow cops came out. and with
tram ps from the City Hail piazza back TO their
,LishtnIns struck . tree in front Of So irving
pzfs poe SsS sss o sG9 the roof of "a Attorney
street and broke @ the, the arm Of Abraham zilber
A big tree at Fifth avenue and waverley
place, near the Washington Arch. was up-
rooted Dy tn6 storm WlnQ.
In the skirts OF tho city the lightning. 40
usual. was more nischievous.
Edward L. Newell 30 years old. OF 400 Grand
avenue. Brooklyn. piano tuner and Martin
h. Campbell. 26 years old. of 4l2 Pacific street.
brooklyn. went out Yesterday for a bicycle ride
IN the suburbs. They We're ut the. Hudson
River Railroad track and 165th street
when the storm overlook them. They
went through 1t5th street and reached
Fort Washington lane and Eleventh avenue
whore they found sunken lot with anexcava-
tion. They sought shelter there under an
overhanRing rock. About 6:15 Newell awoke
from . ,stunor and found that he ceepld not
Of sos West 125th street and Abraham
Monroe Of 952 Columbus avenue, who
had been out fishing. heard him. They
climbed down, into the hollow. and
found Campbell dead and Newell help
less. Both had apparently heen struck
by lightning, Newell could not tell He re-
nom bered nothing. The men lifted Newell
into the wagon and took him to the Afanhat-
tan Hospital. The 1921 street police sent
wagon for Campbell's body. At the hospital
stim ulants were given to Newell and he re-
covered and insisted on going home.
On examination OF the body at the station
1t was found that there were brown spots on
the whites OF both eyes and fine marks like
pink veins running across the breast and ON
the right hip There were no burns. The
body was limp.
Campbell lived with his brother-in-law.
Henry A. sherman. and his married sister. He
WAS In easy circumstances. Newell brought
news OF his death to the house.