The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-08-13


remaining stunned by the shock for half
an hour recovered, and are apparently
not seriously injured, Mr.. Williams and
the boys are slightly burned, In de-
scrlbing his sensations when the bolt
struck the barn, Mr.. Williams said ne
felt as If his mouth was filled with sui
phur and that his arms were paralyzed.
Although there We're fifty tons of hay
in the barn, 1t did not catch fire. The
corner of the building is torn away.
MAN KILLED AT BRANCHVILLE.
South Norwalk, Aug. 12,-Lightning
struck the house of William Eylie at
Branchville, on the Ridgeheld road, ear
ly this morning, Eylie was instantly
killed and his wife, who was lying be-
side him in bed, was rendered uncon-
scious for several house. The house
caught fire, but the blaze was extin-
guished by Eylie's aged mother.
Eylie was forty-seven years old. He
was a gardener employed by a wealthy
family in Ridgeheld.
VALUABLE BARN BURNED.
AT North Wilton lightning struck the
large barn of LIE Grand Seymour. The
barn was totally destroyed by fire and
one horse was burned to death with a
lot of stock and farming implements.
Two other horses We're rescued. The
loss is $1,000 covered by insurance.
BIG TREE SHATTERED
Willimantic. Aug. 12,-The Methodist
religious community here, which occu-
pies cottages for the summer, was
driven into panic at o'clock this
morning by stroke of lightning that
struck a big tree fronting the taber-
nacle, where services are held. The
tree was shattered into chunks weigh
ing twenty-five pounds apiece, which
| flew through the tabernacle door and
front, demolishing the door and ripping
up the interior in bad shape. No one
was injured.
TWO HOUSES AT SHORT BEACH.
| Short Beach, Aug. 12.-The cottages
of Ella Wheeler Wilcox and William
Lavine were struck by lightning this
morning. The damage to the Wilcox
cottage is slight. The Lavine cottage
was occupied by Mr.. Meeker, a stage
driver, and family. Pictures were torn
- Jill hiAC w Gil eiliu TIE luI pduIy
damaged. Mrs. Meeker is paralyzed on
one side by the shock There was a
panic among the cottagers.
LOSS $2,50O-A LARGE BARN.
Milford, Aug. IA large barn on
the Bridgeport turnpike, about a mile
outside this town, owned by Edward
H. Smith, was struck by lightning at
~ INT.
fire and was totally destroyed Two
horses, two cows and lot of farming
implements, wagons and hay, were des-
troyed. The loss is $500. Mr.. Smith
sat up in bed when his little daughter
shrfeked Papa the barns are afire."
Shouting to his sons and jumping into
pair of pants Mr. Smith rushed to the
barn, then all ablaze. Upon opening
the big doors he found the twenty tons
of hay and about half as much rye
straw a seething mass of flame and
his two horses lying dead on the barn
floor with their flesh burning. Too
late to save the horses he rushed to the
adjoining COW barn were sixteen head
of Jersey cattle, with blooded bull
We're and released the COWS. The heat
and smoke drove him off before the ug-
ly bull could be released. A tool house
stood on the other side of the barn
and wagon shed connected them.
Neighbors drew out the wagons, but in
half an hour the barn and contents,
tool house, COW barn and wagon shed.
were totally destroyed. Two horses, a
bull, calf, are cremated and several
of the COWS are badly blistered.
The barn is the third one built on
the foundations, The first was burn
er twenty years ago. The second was
set on fire by a tramp twelve years ago.
and totally destroyed with contents
and three cows. The last one was COX
40 and three stories high. The bolt
had entered at a gable and had torn
nearly half of the north side of the
building off, setting fire to the hay and
straw This bolt also killed the horses
The loss on buildings, stock and seeds,
will be little over $4,000, insurance
$1,700.
OTHER DAMAGE.
The dwelling of Harvey Clark on the
Orange road, was struck and the ridge
board, chimney and window castings
torn off. The fire caused by this bolt
was extinguished by rain
A telegraph pole at the east end Of |
the Milford depot was shattered and |
the switch board of the Western Union |
company in the station burn |
ed out and F. H. Quirk, the night oper- |
ator, considerably shocked.
BARN BURNED.
Mantle, Aug 1.-THE barn of Pierce |
two miles from here, was |
struck by lightning this morning at 8 |
o'clock. 1t burned to the ground with |
all its contents, including fifteen tons
of hay.
A HORSE KILLED.
Bridgeport Aug. 12-The barn of
John d. Quinlan on Seavfew avenue
was struck by lightning at 2 o'clock
this morning. The bolt passed down
from the cupola to the basement. kill
ing a horse valued at $780, Two other
horses and two dogs in the barn es-
capped uninjured. There was no fire.
CHURCH AT NEW CA
NAAN BURNED.
New Canaan, Aug. 12.-The residence
If William Cunningham was struck but
was only slightly damaged. Cunning
ham had his feet severely lacerated bv