The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-16
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KILLED DOGS AND POULTRY.
Storm Seemed to centralize Ebout North
Brookfisld,

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North Brookheld, June ia mag
netic storm broke over this town this
afternoon, and before it had spent its
fury it did damage that will take sew
eral hundred dollars to repair. From
three directions the blast of the storm
came, and it seemed DESTROYS of wreak-
ing all its vengeance here Three
houses are known to have been struck
by lightning, and 1t is thought that
there may have been more on the out
skirts but because of the storm and
the condition of the roads it has been
impossible to ascertain definitely to-
night.
Two valuable dogs were struck by
lightning and killed instantly, and
many fruit and shade trees were shat
tered and blasted. There was no abate-
ment in the storm for nearly two hours,
and after that in spasmodic spells it
came hard and fast, and did not seem
to spend itself for hours.
The Warren, Brookfield and Spencer
street railway, particularly the North
Brookfeld branch, suffered heavily
from washouts, and it was impossible
to run cars through on anything that
approached SCHEDULE time. Conductors
and motormen were equipped with
shovels, and We're kept busy keeping
the tracks clear, so that the cars could
force a slow passage through.
Passengers who left North BrOOkfield
on the 2.20 o'clock car bound for Spen-
Ger landed there at o'clock tonight,
and those whose destination was Wor-
cester were kept going back and forth
over the Worcester and Suburban line
for longer space of time than it gem
orally takes to reach the city on
straight run. The rolling thunder and
flashing lightning of the afternoon fur
nished something beautiful in nature,
and the lightning gave a rare scenic
effect as ii flashed out of the clouds
As soon as the storm had abated, it
was found that the lightning had
knocked the chimney off the De Lude
block, on Grove street. sending clouds
of SCOT down the chimney and soaring
the occupants of the block well nigh to
death, The lightning seemed to be par
Iial TO this vicinity, and in the course
of its career ran up against a chimney
on the house of Nelson LedouX, at the
corner of Grove and North Common
streets. knocking it very much askeW
and tearing up the ridge pole and sew
eral square yards Of shingles.
The house of Joel Kingsbury, about
three quarters of a mile from the vii
lage, Jared the worst of all. A large
tured and torn off, and Mr.. Kingsbury
has probably sustained the most severe
loss of any one in town.
On Forest street, near the barber
shop of John Ellery, bolt Of lightning
struck the ground, tearing a huge rift
in the road and leaving a job Tor the
road commissioner.
A fine hound owned by Thomas Dun
ply was struck and killed at the home
of Edward J. Dunphy on Mt Pleasant
hill. Edward Herlihy, proprietor of the
Central house, also lost a hound in the
same way. Several of Edward Dun
phys hens and chickens were killed
by the same bolt that struck the dog.
Cars on the electric road were stalled
for hours, and the roadbed Is in
fearfully washed out condition. The
steam cars were also way off schedule,
so that the mails could not connect
Both telephone and telegraph wires
We're burned out early in the evening,
and no connections by wire were pos
sible tonight.
On the land of St. Joseph's parish on
Mt. Pleasant street, two trees were
struck and one at the home Of Rev.
Joseph J. Spencer just below Maple
street, was also a victim in TINS re-
spect. A huge tree near the electric
road a mile and a half from here was
ploughed down through the middle as
neatly as if cut with an axe. Several
other trees about town were struck and
spoiled.