New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-20
/ EMPEST IN NEW-ENGLAND.
II pRRICANES. LIGHTNING AND DELUGEs
OF RAIN
A bfp THE DARKNESS OF NIGHT THUNDERBoLTs
EXPLODED LIKE BOMBS IN FALL RIVER
PROPERTY THERE AND ELSEWHERE
DESTROYED-SOME FATALITIES.

DESTROYED-SOME FATALITIES.
Fall River, Mass, Sept 10--An extraordinary
Il nnderstorm, partaking of the character of a
tt pnpest, swept over this city between 7:3O and
y $40 o'clock this morning. 1t had been raining
ft y several hours, but at 1880 the people became
thoroughly frightened by the appearance of an
immense black cloud from the west ac-
.ompanied by winds having the force of a hur-
dcane. The darkness that came upon the whole
! leighborhood put weird appearance on every
I hing and operatives in the mills stood aghast
the windows they watched the cloud set
le down outside. 1t necessary to turn on
] lights in the mills we'll in houses. The
edge Of the cloud lighted up intermittently
by lightning and the thunder pealed heavily.
Then it began TO hail terrifcally. the stones
being as large marbles. Horses ran away
IN all parts of the city. and in the middle of the
storm the lightning began striking nearby
places. A bolt entered Captain Desmond's house
in Linden-st., and exploded like bomb. The
only trace OF 1t was hole ir the plasterins.
In Conanicut-st., just across the border line. a
house completely shattered. the sides being
blown out if an explosion had taken place in
side. In Daleys tea store. Man-st. the
eectric-llgh: wires started fire. and the men,
bers of the Metacomet Hose Company were
called to extinguish it,
Ine nan gradually leSSeneO It's force. Dut Was
quickly followed by deluga OF rain. In three
quarters of an hour an inch OF water fell. The
first great storm was followed by a series OF
smalle: ones until the elements spent them
selves.
Mary Burns. fftyfve years old. living In
Shortest. became frightened that she was
stricken with apoplexy and died
New Bedford Mass, Sept ia cyclone from
the northwest struck this city early this morn
ing dealing destruction every hand and per-
haps death in one instance About $50 O'CLOCK
a huge bolt of lightning descended from cloud
of inky backness upon the big cotton shed OF
the Bennett Mills. 1t ignited the infammable
contents and imperied nearly 5000 bales OF
cotton 1t took the flrenen three hours TO get
the fire subdu I'd. and about two thousand five
hundred bales, valued az upward OF SloooOo'
dam lCeI.
While the mill fire was going on. another cy-
clone burst. accompanied by torrent or ram
The crowd near the mill fire ran for shelter. and
about twenty Of them found it in a new building
at Coggesha and North Front SITS. No sooner
were theV assembled there than the wind entered
the building and raised the roof bodily. and the
whole structure fell with crash. All but one
of the men in the building escaped. Ioel Le-
vigney. a French Canadian. was pinned down by
heavy tmbers. his spine was injured several
ribs were broken and he internally hurt
At St Luke's Hospital little hope is expressed
of his recovery Several other houses were un-
rooted and an unfinished one was wrecked.
In Fair Haven big patriarchal elms were up
rooted, and the streets were rendered iinpassaple
for a time In South Dartmouth several build
ings were blown down and a horse was Killed.