Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-07-21
LIGHINlNG'S FREAKS.
A Night Of Terror In Pelnsyl.
Yllia.
strange aud Humorous Ecsni,s OF
ohio thunder
storms

81 was once driving over the Marlie
hills, in THO lower part Of this county,
with my wife aud baby, dying from
thunderstorm that was coming up
rapidly In the valley" said resident
Of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to New
York sun reporter, "but / only did OF
escape from the storm, but ran right
into another one equally as heavy on
the very summit Of the ridge. when
the two storms, travelling In opposite
directions, met directly over our heads,
stfeaks aud balls Of lre began playing
around like the spitting anu exploding
oiishoots OF miscellaneous collection OF
Fourth OfJuiy pyrotechnics. Lightning
danced anu flashed on every BIT OF
metal there was on my horses harness,
whirlud around with the tires on ali
four VI tue wht els, anu ran about aud
zigEagged every where around the
buggy frame, until we we're literally
sitting In n tery chariot drawn 10y
horse encaseu la flaming harness.
sit was not only tho sight Of this
most extraordinary electrical display,
but the swapping, cracking and
exploding OF the lightning, like con-
tnuous vo!ley Of muskttTy, tuat struck
Us dumb with terror. The poor horse
was too much scared to run away, the
fire and noise seemed to have lust the
contrary effect upon him, anu It was
all 1 could do 10 urge him forward.
On each side Of tho road treus were
being sphuteted aud shivrret hv
thundeTDolls every few feet { the way
ana the terror Of the crashing ,uau4y.,
glare OF tho iOrted lightning, nnd tue
noise made by the trees az they were
riven by the bats was something no
one can describe. In goingH mile, whore
We reached u house, we saw ga COVE,
seven pigs, two horses and eighteen
sheep killed by hgbtnirg Ia fields on
both sides OF tho road. Neither my.
self, my wife or child suffered tic
slightest physical injury or IncOn.
veuience from that awful play of
electricity about ~, aud the horse
seemed 10 be improved by II; but the
nervous strain on us all was terrible.
That extraordinary electrical disturb.
anco lasted at least quarter Of an
hour.
"Well, thought that WAS little the
queetest sort Ol an experience with !
lightning that ono ever had or was |
ever likely 10 have, but have Just |
come back from a visit to Ohio, ana 1 |
want 10 say that that experience OF |
mine might have been the boss queer |
one up 10 this summer, but II isn't any |
more. | ran ucrOsG some others In Ohio |
that can beat It.
Take the one, for Instance, at |
Bailyv,lle. got 10 Bailyville at about
noon one day. A thunderstorm hal
Just passed over that locality aud
the clouds had nearly all broken
away or rolled to the southwark.
The sun had come out and ali
uneasiness on account of the storm
had passed away-ior thunder.storms
In that region are nearly always at
tended by more OF less ugmagt-when
the most terrific thunder clap ever
heard there or elsewhere, so close 10
the earth that the earth trembles Rs II
from an earthquake, ana preceded not
more than "A second by flash OF
OF binding sharpness, broke
from the clouiless MONDAY sky. The
sudden appearance anu terrible nature
OF the Startling phenomenon parRlyzed
the farming community with alarm,
aud It was several minutes before any
/
mad been done by the thundeIbolt.
Some very amazing things were dis.
covered. lla field on the euge OF the
village large flock OF sheep were
pasturing. The sIeep had ali huduleI
as sheep will during thun.
ANA were still huduled when
The surprise clap came. When
Ihe owner OF the sheep went To
the field TO seq II any thing hal
lsiallen his flock no found every
sheep standing Just as they htd
IA the storm, but out OF the
I0rty eighteen were dead Not ono OF
he dead sheep had fallen to the
ground. That was strange enough,
jut the eighteen dead sheep were black
,hrep, all the others In the fock being
white aud unhurt. Each dead sheer
lad a hole in tho back OF the neck,
iround which the wool was burned
away.
"rhat was oil the damage that was
reported during the hour 1 was IN
Bgileyville, tut it was enough to COZ.
'ince me that ohio lightning knew
ew tricks that Pennsylvania light
ling had not learned yet.
"My friend simon Frey lives at BIZ
III valley with his wife anu seven.