Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-06-28
WATERVILLE.
QUA THUNDER SHOWER.
Numerous Places Struck One Man Injured n
Eye by Flying Glass.

| Well. say, We dld nave something,
| that rescmblel a thunder shower
| Wednesday afternoon. II must have
been rather difficult for the lightning
10 have made its way through the rain,
| If id was as thick VI i'll the sky as IT
was On thr earth. III came down in big
wet chunks that just struck the earth,
bounchcd ana flew into pieces 1t look
81 for time as if the very paving
| would be- washed down the sewers and
that there would be- a moving bee
among the buildings According to the
| HoIlingsworth a. Whitney guage there
was q fan ~ just 1.95 inches during
| about the first hour The city seemed
| to be in the very center Of the storm
| ana the lightning had the whole town
| to itself for a while, 1t played all
sorts of pranks and came very near
| doing some serious damage.
Ii struck the roof Of the house on
| Gold street owned by Fred Pooler ana
| occupied by Mrs. Joseph Coro. The
bolt just slid off the roof ana caught
hold of the side Of the house ana went
in out Of the wet. There was a look
| ing glass where it wanted to 60 in and
il just smashed that to Smithercens
| Nt' IdlluE SilSSt ut ttllfN ~ lis. I ORC :
arms quite badly ana scared the other
occupants of the house about to death
Thomas Jennings. who was near the
mirror in Mrs. Coro's house when the
lightning entered, was struck in the
left eye by the flying glass. DR.. For
tier was summoned to attend the in
jured man and called in DIR. J. F. Hill
To examined the injured eye. The doc
tor found an irregular wound extend
ing across the corona. lie examined
the eye thoroughly ana believes that
he secured all the glass. although this
cannot be definitely determined as yet
He hopes to save the eye, but the sight
will probably be lost at best.
The house Of Napoleon Loubie on
Gray street. was also struck. but no
serious damage resulted. The old
campbell house on College avenue
near the Maine Central shops. was also
struck The bolt hit the chimney ana
entered the building. 4 ing considerl-
! bic damage in several rooms. No one
was injured.
The houses of Joseph Roderic on tt
| comic street. ana Horace Wood on
High street. We're also struck though
but little damaged.
one light circuit of the Union Gas &
Electric 90. was burned out. The
| trouble was doubtless caused by a limb
Of some tree falling on the wires. as
| there was no damage in the power
house. The Waterville 4 Fairfield
Railway x Light ca. escaped without
any injury. The cars We're obliged to
pull down the trollcys several times
ANA D1jlsh tinlp ~, AZ
this.
In the midst of the storm a fire was
discovered in the upper end of the
Main Central passenger station near
! the American Express Office An alarm
was rung in from several boxes, but
| the wires We're out Of order. 50 that
| there was no response. Hose was on
the scene promptly and little damage
was done. The fire was near the roof
which had - be torn up some to get
| at il. The fire was probably caused by
| a cross in the electric wires, although
| it is not definitely known
| The lightning struck near the site of
the old saw mills in Fairfield. but no
| damage was done. a bolt came near 4
crew Of men at work on the platform
at the mills at Shawmut. Some Of the
men declare that it was SO near that
| they could feel the heat.
| The girls Of the Sawyer Publishing
Co. were badly frightened and pandi-
monium reigned for a few moments
when the storm was the worst
Numerous cases Of bolts striking in
neiGhboring places are reported, but
| With little damage.