The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-03

ming q her, dock in Brooklyn and. shattered.
Capt PailiSh was IL the cabin at the time 70.
lees startled. but no one was injured. -.
The nag pole on the three.story buildinR. a.
l0s9 Fourth avenue was also struck by light
lightning struck John widman's feed store
two inches IN diemetef in the once window. Il
also burned out, the telephone. No one was. In
the ONCE az tho time. LIGHTNING wrecked .
street and cracked the plaster In one of the
When the storm was at its height, lightning
struck. the fagpole on the cupola Of tho County
Court Hqusb, Long Island City. The nag had
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into The back yard Oft City Hall opposite; The
iron railing runs around tho roof. The light:
ming, took lie why over this circuit, emitting
iTwepty-ons women wero confined in Tier. 7 of
the aail; AL ne windows were open; When
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and many Of them were on their knees, wailins
and praying, Laura Treadwell. a young negress.
The heavy glass transom over the corridor
biz pieces. Of glass raincd 70 tho floor below.
Sheriff Don't and Supervisor Henry Kaufman.
several SYs seconds 81 The shock &c An electric bat.
terry in the taiiors Office famed and fared for
bolt struck the residence Of Albert Mccoy
at a. Woolsey street. The chimney was knocked
down and the lightning entered Il room on the
the sSeT pias bSo On the walls sA and Dd' other%ise' damas.
ing the room. Tho occupants Of the house SUI
fored slightly. from shock.
trance to The. Xstor Hotel. corner Of Fulton ave-
9 9aS 5 Sed and adj aid s't but little ie9 damage HnS Wa' '0'A 'A''",
Al s~outhampton. L J., the summer cottage Of
by the lightning. One Of the shimneys was shat
tered and q guest was severely shocked.
was struck by lightning and was soon in flames.
ney and setting FIRE to the the roof. The loss is csti.
mated al $4,000. The police and telephone
The trolley service was cut Of By liFhIt piI
burning out tho fuses In the cars.
AT Hackensack. n. j., lightning struck in Sow
ernl places, but tho most serious damage was to
Romaine's coal shed. Many shade trees were
blown down and hundreds were seriously dam:
was blown down, the roof being carried over o
At Tenafly, N. J.. there was a curious hail
storm. 1t came from tho northwest, and left tho
town In a northeastcrly direction. The hail
stones broke windows in almost every house in
road and Uttered alltho road with branches. Il
side Of the Presbyterian Church We're broken
President OF tho Northern Railroad OF New
Jersey, were battered down. John 8.
Lyle's greenhouses were also smashed in.
In Mayor ii. ID. Palmer's house the windows
were smashed. All the crops were practically
destroyed, and within twenty minutes after the
storm broke the ground was covered two inches
deep with big hailstones. The torrents Of rain
washed out all the roads.
A bolt OF lightning entered the Western Union
Telegraph Office on the second floor of tho rail.
road station at Ozone Park. Fortunately the
switchman and operator was down in the sta
tion getting a drink at the time. The lightning
played about tho telegraph Instruments. All
the wires In the Office were burned out and the
switchboards and instruments ruined.