New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-22
LIGHTNING STRUCK MIS- Lar.
CAPTAIN PAGE WAS SEVERELY BURNED.
EFFECT OF THE RECENT RAINS on THE CITY
WATER SUPPLY-CALVEs LIFTED OWE"
FENCE BY THE WIND.


r,. borpe Fitness bound for Norfolk, Va was
living in the Delaware and Rartan Canal lIe"i
New Brunswick. y. j., during the Storm OH '
day Captan Kirk Page, with his wife an" Wv
children was sitting on a bed. \ bail oi "e"
ming struck the top Of Flagstaff on the paise
down the pole. through the wainscotihg' anu i
in CAPTAIN Pages lap. He was terribly uu' %
and suffers intense pam. MIS-. rase "
dren were not injured. ~
The damage about New Brunswick py 'he NO
showers on Saturday evening and SUNDAY "o' '''.s
is more extensive than was at first SUPPOSED
Franklin Park. five miles from New-br ru'S"iO"
the powerful wind well nigh devastated the ia'se
farm of Andrew Evans. 1t was "A vertable cSc'o
which struck the neighborhood. cutting swan"
across the country several hundred yards "r'''
The whole top and one side OF Mr.. Evans '"''
were lifted clear off. Three young calves "e''
lifted over high fence and deposited III the ""
4oinnp field Hundreds of feet of fence were torn
down and trees were scattered everywhere l"e
estimated damage at Mr.. Evans's place Is A'VV'
Professor McGann. of the New-Jersey Experiment
Station saws that in most cases the corn VIII re-
cover from the damage inflicted by the halls'oheS'
though in many places the crops are ruined
The strong wind of Sunday night and yesterday
morning caused a high tide at Far focka"a!'
The water washed Hart Island into the met
Corrav,s naviIion was completely surrounded by
wafer The waves dashed over the stoop OF
Craic's pavilion and the pavilion barroom anu
restaurant were flooded. LOCKWOOD s bathlhs-houSc
and pavilion were also flooded.
The police have Informed the people living IN
Nos 90 23 "a and % Halsey-st., BROOKLYN 'ha'
they mus, move out. as the storm OF Saturua! n"'
washed away the foundations much that the
huildings are unsafe Mayor Body has authorized
Commissioner Ennis to detail two fire engines loi
the purpose of pumping the water out OF Hooded
cellars The work of the engines VIII be conhhed
cbieev to houses I'm Howard. Macon. Franklin and
Putnam aves and in cambridge and iaisey s's
An Indignation meeting Of people VINO i've h 'ne
neighborhood OF Halsey-st. ana Throop-a'e' "aS
hold last night AT No 800 Halsey-st, the object Of
II beiug To devise means FOR securing damages from
the city for the injury done by the storm me
basis of their claim Is that the sewerage in TINS
mart Of the city is entirely inadequate Tor the
proper drainage of the streets. II Is SAID that 'he
city officials have long promised To connect 'ne
sewerage In this part Of the city with the mann
sewer in Greene-ave. The following were appointed
a committee To draw up resolution and present
It TO the Mayor this morning: Messrs' h"s'' Der
ciisur Davidson Weigand and Settel Nearly all
tho houses at UaIscy-st. and Throop-ave are more
or less damaged by the rain. Several brick iouuA-
tions are caved in and the total loss ~ pihced AT
$1,000 Many Of the residents Will accompany 'he
committee this morning. ,o,,,,.
chief Engineer Birdsall went on an lhspcc,,ims
tour OF the reservoirs and lakes Of the Croon wa''
shea yesterday to satisfy himself 10y PtiS"niSi ' IL
seryafion OF the condition Of The water supply ~
bis ahsnnce First Assistant Engineer Mckay sald
that the heavy rains Of Saturday nlght anu sun
aa' "a rc,i'al az might be supposed The rainfall In
the city for both Saturday ana SuhuaS WIS W. :,
inches. In the watershed however o"' Low
Mr. Mckay thought that the rain had increased Sc,
70 a material extent the volume Of water IN the
Cro.on river hut the amount had not yet been
learned The effect would be 10 reduce the qudiuy
OF taken from he % TI"rasS ,G,a Ius sssy suns
ply for the city was loc""