New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-21
THE CITY.

| THE CITY.
| One flash OF lightning in the storm on Saturday
night in Brooklyn made two men unconscious.
demolished several 1agstaffs, while a ball Of fire
| fell on a piece of tagging and nearly struck down
| young girl who was approaching the spot at the
time The girl was stunned, but escaped other
injury The two men, however, were unconscious
for several hours and it was at first feared that
they would die.
The bolt appeared at a few minutes before mid
night first shattering the big flagstaff on the roof
| of Hnds Ketcham & Co.'S big lithographinR
house in North Thirdst., near Berry. IL then
jumped into North Second-st, near Berry, where
it destroyed the fagpole on Streeter Il Dennsons
ale brewery. II then wheeled around and made
straight for the brewery Of Paul Weidman, at
North First and Berry SITS, where, after clipping
of the Nv" the weather vane, IT splintered
the fagpole and ran along an iron gutter, which
connects with a waste-pipe that runs down through
the building into the fire-room on the ground
floor and empties into the sewer pipes. George
Haverly, fireman employed by Mr. Wedman was
at the time leaning over another waste-pipe along
side the pipe that comes down from the roof.
He was struck on the back of the head, and sent
rcellnr toward the furnace, unconscious. He was
found in this condition by Frank larnes, the
engineer. Six hours later he was restored to con-
scousness and was found TO be suffering from ter
rible pains in his head and back, while his hands
seemed to be parayZed.
After the bolt had struck Haverly it went out
through the fire room door into the street, where
it danced around for a few seconds and then shot
along TO the southwest corner of Berry and Grand
sts where Nicholas Ditrano was sitting on chain
beside his fruit stand sheltered from the storm ny
an awning. Ditrano and the chain were thrown
into the gutter, and he was lying there uncon-
l,,-S oif nd
into drug store With difficulty he was restored
70 consciousness At first it was thought that he
was dead His left shoulder was covered with
black and blue marks. When he was revived he
said that when he struck he felt sharp
sting 90 through him. and then he remembered
seeing "A flash. The fruit stand was completely
wrecked
BALL OF FIRE sMASHES A FLAGsT0NE.
| Where the bolt went next is not known, but
about the same time ball Of fire appeared over
head at the northwest corner Of Berry and Grand
sts, 1t illuminated the neighborhood for fully ten
seconds, and then descended with a rush ana
struck the tagging ten feet from Grand-st, eA.
ploding with terrific noise The report arouseu
the sleeping people in the vicinity ana grea. eA
citement prevailed. The tagging was sca''e'e"
and a round gray and blue ring shove" "he''
| the bolt struck. 4 girl with basket anu IN
| Drella was passing Wien 'hc """ ~, iii
down She screamed and feu TO the Sidewalk WIN
| fright She was carried into butchers s"op'
| where she was soon revived ana taken ~ "e'
home on North First-st. .,,
Yesterday both ITaverly and Ditrano were SUI.
! srs.,,nr ,averev from shock While this po1
,yas dancine about. another one was playing
near North First-st and Drlggs-a'e' 'o,'h i,'s'
30 ~ % South Second-st., had sought sheiter
" " , ;nc NJ the corner. He held an UNI
- ~ .';.h steel or oxydized handle in his
'e'' Tho LIGHTNING struck the handle ana
.1..a a'a :. az though it had been placed IN vice
sa .Lo nurpose IIagan was thrown packwa"
| W., sau aoonst the building. 1t was some timo
- be recovered sufficiently TO go to his nome.
c,;sh, damage was done by lightning in other
,s Of the Eastern District.
pa, an. ,ain filed the cellars of many Of tho
,.m;,os and in some Of the streets the water
u"e',t w rrom two TO four feet high. In the flooded
a;s,rict at Marcy-a,e. and Gerry-st., the people
,,o,r, unable 10 leave their houses account Of
Tho flood. A ear of the Union-ave. line fell into
q cave-in at Knckerbocker and Myrtle aves The
cave-in occurred just as the reached the place.
and the horses were buried to their necks The
car toppled on its side, and the passengers,
four in number, were thrown out They were not
hurt, however, beyond receiving ducking Tho
horses were extricatcd with ropes and derrick
THE AREUcKLE FLATS FELT THE GALE
The storm was especially violent ON Cbiumoia
Heights. The we'll known Arbuckle Fiats ~
Columbia Heights and Orange-st, twelve s'or'es
high. were especially exposed to its fury Acc0soe