The evening world., 1894-07-06
I.4I INCHES OF Rain.
kfI 1WUULU W ttWItVl
Biz Dowupo0r Attends To-pay 5
Electrical Stolm.
Sorr, Beat and Schooner St'uv.,
by Lightning.
Liectrici.y Aiso Plays prauhs III
Neighborirg Towns.

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after 10 o'clock tho morning every New
Yorker vino wasn't employed la u cold
forage warehouse fdil "Thalh ruou-
i.eg:."
Nj. DUNE, oC the Equitable Builiia.,,
had said earlier IN N! morning that h.
had his eye on nice little thundcl
storm Hhicl. lie was trying TO induce 20
come this way from tho Southeast. II
came, and FOR an hour or 80 there Wa 4
rat,lins Of nature'a artillery which maGe
nervous people Juml.
Il was, however, just wha: wos needed
70 clear the excessive humidity from,
the air ana mako ne more bearan.e
The storm accordns to Nh. PAM.
extended ainnS he entire New .lersc!
coast. and reached inland ~ far as the
lower .akes. With the exception Z tho
storm and lite rain In the Tennessee
yn..ey ,Gni Northern Michigan IL wa!
generally far al. over IL, country.
There was littlc c2ango IN th2 ;cm-
nGr"ture, except in I've upp,r Mississippi
"a.cy,, where 1t vas Il hue cooler than
..s,erdsy.
VAT IN this Afternoon mir. Dunn sali
that thun1er-storms woulu probably co.-
tinuc all through the day. by th!s even
Ing or late tonight he thought the
Gather would clear.
Three hours after the shower. BEGAN
La inches rain had fallen. This is more
than the entire rainfall for last month,
when s5 inch rcll.
And the chaLces are" added Mir.
Dunn, that another inch will be added
to the record to-day unless AL the incl
catsous fan"
At 10 the temperature had fallen 10
20 degrees. a drop "r points since .
o'clock In the morning.
".r punn nun,idity mar1iNC shove
this morning tina, the moisture in the
air had reached lrr per cent. This.
with the thermometer ~ ~ At o'ClO"I
-aS what rlndo gverybolv g., unpouu-
, forre BILE
~ = O'Clock the ten,pors ,ure had gone
r down four .desraes, .Shich was some
th.uG. TO nj thankful FOR & r-m'io
hrsH1t. too, from the southcapt, helped
to make ii plsaSanter.
The Weather Bureau reports from st.
vincent Mimi, show that the tcrnperu
ture was only eight degrees abuva freez
inE point 1T o'ciocf This morning,
that timc II was hottest at Galveston,
Tex, With So degrees
Mr.. Dunn promises ths t cool wave
from the Northwest will get here this
evening, and that We win have cooi
night and very comfortable day OF It
The storm seemed to concentrate most
me Battery wall. Flash after flash ot
lightning streakel through the black
cloud oTerhesd, ard the thunJorins re-
ports followed almost mstauta y cullSIv
denoting tina, the lightning could not
be Many yards away
rms was proven coacluslNely when
the louds:t peal OF al was heard and
Toised on the end ~ tie pavilion OF the
staten Island ferry-house.
The pole was about thirty feet high but
foot long. was left on the roof when
III. lightning got through It's play. The
SpiinIers OF the remainder Of the stat
WEE scattered about IN the water;
atNnE- q
waiting passengers Ned from ;he build
jurel although many sad they had felt
ceptibly. The employees Of III" large
Office who had been sitting in the open
door%ays at the rear OF tie huil ng
every aperture AID remained housed un m
til the storm had passed. =
Just as the staten Island ferry-boat
1WSestteld vas =, entering her 8? 1t the
lightning struck her forward flag san,
spilnter!ng 1t In big pieces. which fell
ON the deck with crash,
There was & large crowd Of passenger
en- board; ana most Of them were womca
and children. They were greatly fright
ened. and when the boat Was made last
without waiting tor the gang p.anks 10
be run out.
A schooner under bare poles was seen
S R2s o f9w Of M t going Sn tas b ETSt
opposite the Thirty-ninth street South
Brooklyn ferry, a bolt OF lightning
struck her top-mast. shiver!ng It and
s ssnaE f the aa meek Of the s.SSp e
could not be learned.
During the storm bolt OF lightning
struck the ftsgs.an On the roof Of the
IL considerably Without destroying t.,
The POLE Is sixty feet long. with ! &!ded
iron ball at the top q Il. The, pole IS
twelve [,i inches E, s. IN disSme,cr al the base
me lightning knocked the ball OF,
and then cut out silver OF the pole
another big piece about three inches
deep and six feet long. The pole seem ID
10 be as strong as ever Notwithstanding
this damage. The halliards were NOT
injured, and where the lightning es-
f,agstas no one knows.
The buildings So, 81 and SO Gin street
are occupied by John Chatillon n Sons
manufacturers NJ scales and butchers
Impierents TIE employee in the
buildings were greatly alarmed for 4
Few moments after the bolt r;ruc.: TIE
,.,"..r j. Cray who was rsluting the
aagstaH q few minutes before the bolt
struck, said 10 an Evening World' r..
III 10 fortunate that no moro serious
damaGs was. done; When ! went On III
ROOT after tbc bg't struck there wsi :
sulphur, but beyond the damage dome
10 the pole thers was not a trace left
Of the liEhtEtnr
A rasl VI lightning Is also b!a.Gol foY
n false fire alarm, which was rung I'd nj
1910 this morning, from al Broadway.
! The alarm was turned IN bv an auto
buiidlnC, the wires Of which arc sup.
posed to have been struck during the
gtornl.
=. =. Griffith, Wire CHIEF % III" West
e.. Union IelegrGrc Company, StgtCj
| This G''eFnUON TGGt no geriOgs uOgbl,
tad bee. caused -. Tho storm to-G'-y
lie said tho wires were NAT ural,y T.
tvhe heavy. but Otherwise business WAS
not suffering any delay.
Weather Forecast.
N. weather forecast Cor the thi,iy-I.z t1e.s