Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-03
Mrs1Ers DRAW LIGHTNING.
Terrible Experience of a Regiment
Marching Through "a storm.

philadelphia mquircr)
A more terrible. terrifying and trying
experience than that through which
regiment n ireland recently pas
would Doe hard 90 Imagine. Tho m.r.
from Newport 20 Upper Church was
long one, the distance between the tH.
places being twenty-one and "a hl.f m..
and Colonel CWtols. commulus Dbl
Cheshires, determined ON account off I
heat, 10 do it at night Accordingly Oh
camp was struck at Newport at ulo., IS
T.. NJ. and the regiment started no b. Dr.
NJ. when they reached Ililcomuon ras
began 20 all, and o. halt WAS mat.
put on ovcrcoats. This done. t0.G Is-
ceedcd. The road here vs. n pretty s,,.l
hill. and they had NOE gone taf H...
tho first fash of lightning burst UI
them, and the electric nul1 Appeared
rum along the whole iue -rom fI... t
rear.
The second fash. which WAS mono H.
tense. gathered is greater force af.l.I
the Maxim gun. struck down Leut,.a.
Cooper and six men boo charge. and ...
turned the gum For % time these m.
lay PROSTATE 0n the ground. audi
quito blind They recovered, l3N.r
and were able 90 proceed. The u.A.
couple of flashes We're very lld. at
lightning racing along the rin Dor .Ia.
Caley's rifle became red-l0L and le uI. l-
ped 10, while Lancet rporal Slows u.
was torn from his hand. Matters Wle
now getting SO bad and dangerous h1t
the regiment was halted and drawn DIP
IN line instead OK tours.
All the rifles were then put down cr .
ground fiat. as 30 WAS thought that
raiu which was falling in "a perfect "a.
luee, and tho water. which wac RUM
down the hin like river would te
20 keep electricity away This. h0Wey.
did not happen. the storm. u fuct iu-
creasng in force. Darkness or nky
hlaokuess prevailed. and uo officer 1r man
who had served boo the tropics eve.
experienced anything Ike the rain.
was while standing sim uuder tho
conditions, in am open. barren couutr
tar from amy shelter. that tle most ty-
ing ordeal for the men took place. Ever
flash of lightning struck down ono or
more men. ANA the DOCTOR hands wore
soon full The Police Sergeant and
men, at Red Cross, turned out and
dcred most valuable assistance DO caI..
ing the injured to "a couple of poor il....
ers' cottage close by.
Tho two cottages We're IKE cock
Some OF tho victims y0mitod Violently .
large number had ono leg IarIy
others had two and some bad thcir a.H.
while one man was struck u.
ana it was only after long. time f.
ho recovered the sight OF one eye. I.
ring This terrible ordeal the mon I.
haved most brlveiy They went 1914.
alacri;y tO q fallen comrade. assisted
carrying him 90 the cottages. and bud
cases were struck down ou Oh.
themselyes. There was NOT m..
the regiment who did NOT feel tho ,
more or less. as the electricity r.s
played about each man. giving hm
appearance of being ph0-rn9r.s...
Sergeant Major Foley who f.If t-
rhle shock on his left side whom O.
the flashes came. found on e,.m
his sword I'm the daylight, chat th.
bard Was badly burnt. rle W..
Of nearly every rifle was burned
greater or less degree. ana tle ou
PLANTATION as 90 why mon were u0t
is that the number of ,Iiea waf ..
that. while attracting tle lisl-u.u-
distributed Dos power over lars.
splitting 20 No. and thereby weaken
force