The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-08-05
THE STORM.
Bolts of Lightning Cause Excitemeut in
Many Places.

One Of the most severe electrical storms
that ever visited this section Of the state was
the one of last night. II was of such severity
that hundreds Of people were stricken to
their hearts with terror and, as the storm
ragged, fell upon their knees and INDUCED in
fervent prayer. reporter to-day met
several people who frankly confessed that
they felt more than once that the end Of
! the world was near at hand The lightning
struck at several places but no serious dam
age was sustained at any Of them. The
most interesting points of interest during the
storm we're the electric light stations, but
none Of the bolts visited either of them.
When the storm started the street and most
Of the commercial light currents were cut
off. The ice cream festival under the aus
pices Of the "Y'' was in progress when the
storm arose and sudden extingushment of
the lights, quickly followed by loud claps Of
thunder placed quite a damper upon the
festivities for while.
When the tones of thunder first pealed
forth Mrs. William Hilton was sitting on the
front porch Of her residence. on West
Centre street. As the storm became more
threatening she made hasty retreat and
stumbled over a foOt-stool, dislocating one
of her arms at the elbow
John Starr was near his home on East Coal
street onnosite plum aIlev whom a bolt of
liabtepinq strucl n c,,rb Stone at tbo cor,or
Of the allev ana tbe streot II ,,as so,-arot
moments rter before NJ, Storr r,,ii,, ,o,i;.,ad
tbgt bo had not nassed into mot roai,, ,,,tro
wings arc in vogne
A number of vonn, mon sto,,dir, IN euor,+
Of the Factory shoe store, at the northwest
corner of Main and Centre streets, were
stoned NV bolt of Hgbtring nossin,, 80,
the Kline nronertv ON the eosf Iide oS NJair
street dron TO tbe vvost rail Of the scbr,,Il,ill
Traction track and tben Glide with marvel.
ous rapiditv sonthward
An electric light wire leading into T.onis
Golden,s clothing store on Sortb AJoin stroot
BURNING of tbe wire a disfanco Of abo,,t
twelve feet into tho store hrt ~ ooo,,r,o,,+s
of the place were almost cr,1ed b,, fri,ht
Councilman d R lanes and ilf HIoroo,,
were in the 1otter,s sboo st,,o -, w. 81
street ongaged in d;scnssio 81 tIo So' o.ai oH
bilities of GIondil,o o,,d ,,,,,t pos''
bali of fire skinned aIone On oIoctr;c Ia ii,,,,t
wire ON tho ceiIino 81 +I,a - ~
centre of the ceiling the hail of iro dronnnS 1e
TO the floor II disappearod but did not IapV,a
the slightest trace of its nloce of avit III
bolt entered At the roar IF the bnilding
IL. scboenor,s nool room, ~, vet Go,,+.o
street was visited bv boIt tI,ot badi,,
scorebed the wall naner and wrencIed aas
pipe. Curtains which were about to become
ignited ,vara nnlIed for, +loi, ct9,,; ~.
occupants of the place and there was no
further damage.
A house on Apple alley abopt 100 feot
west of Gilbert street occrniad bv tI,a
family of Robert Roberts was strnck Inv
lightning. The bolt FIRST hit and badIy
damaged the chimney ON the roof nossed
diagonally through a parret window to the
front part of the roof. struck and bent the
tin leader and passed along the spouting
down to the ground. rippinp ont
large piece of board before
taking its final departure. At abont
the same time IL holt struclr n cbimne,,