The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-07-22
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EEsTBR0ok VISITED.
a boltl 2f lightning entered the west.
brook ststloT II tn. Westbrook Electric
Light and Power company yesterday
forenoon and burned out an 50 horse
powss aruature. No other damage was
do ne and the workmen Fad the srmstuFe
repaired 50 that the neobinesy was in
working order BY noon time.
The lightning also sntsred transform
er In the electrolytio room but did no
damage other than to destroy the trans
former which was soon replaced.
I The lightning also struck large oak
tree at North Deering and split 1t in sew
eral places.
A SCHOOL HOUSE STRUCK.
A bolt Of lightning, ont sred the house
OF Mr.. Merrill ut Cumberland, but did
no dsmage. 1t was only about two weeks
ago that bolt OF lighting struck the
barn belonging {, Mr. Merrill and burned
1t to the ground. Lightning also struck
what Is called ths7No. school house In
Yarmouth. The school house Is located
on the Portland road at the Falls, and is
on lot Of land Just In the rear OF the
Yarmouth post Office. The bolt struck
the caves of the building and tore 1t pref
ty badly but aside from that the damage
was slight.
TIE EVENING STORM.
About O'Clock in the afternoon omi-
nous clouds were to be seen lowering
over Falmouth and 10 looked as IL the
scene of the.morning disturbance was to
be revisited at once. The storm, however,
took sort Of detour, perhaps to gather
strength, for at o'clock 1t reached the
city and ID must have found 1.-THE
conditions favorable for Portland saw
last evening most notable play Of the
electric fluid In the heavens around and
about hei. Right here 1t can safely be
said that 1t was the longest thunder and
lightning storm seen here for years. This
feature was remarked about again and
again last night and IL Ia doubtless a
fact. 1t almost seemed as II the different
storms which have passed us by during
the summer. taking the courses OF the
Prssumpscnt and other ad joining streams.
to our very border. hal concentrated al
last to give us an exhibition OF electrical
phenomenal which possibly the camera
might produce, but which the ordinary
pencil Is unable TO describe. The storm
appeared this time In the northwest. but
1t matters little where 1t appeared, for
1t was not long before the whole heavens
seemed lighted up. In the early periods
of the storm the lightning was that Zig
zng kind which travelled from the heav-
ems to the earth in o weird manner as II
some electrical snake was flYing In the
air. Again without SO long trail
light would fash in one quarter to be re-
pested almost instantly, and 30 1t was
from till ii O'Clock, all in all affording
one of the longest continued and remark
able electrical storms in the memory Of
the Oldest observers. There was but little
loud thunder and not until about II
O'Clock was there downpour Of rain.
At the latter hour for few minutes 1t
rained in torrents, after which there
was an apparent withdrawal Of the forces
which had set up the nights iilumina-
tion.
At late hour last night no damage by
lightning had been reported In the city.
but In the early stages of the storm forks
of lightning could be almost seen to de-
scend upon spots In the country ne ar by
and one fire was in the Vicinity of Bux-
ton. and in the direction of Gorham
Centre. Others were reported at Fall
mouth, one said to be at Duns.on's Cor
ner, but 1t was hard to communicate
with these places last evening. because
the storm was vislbly affecting all con-
Meeting lines.