Connecticut western news., 1900-07-19
More Thunder and Lightning.

Last Thursdays thunder storm was very severe in the Southern and western sections of the state, lightning doing great damage in many places. accom- panied by heavy gales and rain and in many localities hail.
 At Terryville the railroad station was struck by three distinct balls of fire, rendering msny people unconscious and filling the building with smoke. The damage was slight. The Sissson place at South Manchester was struck and the house set on fire but was soon put ont with slight damage. At Danbury the lightning struck in many places &C., companied by fierce gale and heavy rains. Many trolley wires were struck and traffic was suspended for fully @ half hour. A barn owned by John Ells- worth was struck by the lightning and | destroyed; the Lincoln Avenue school house was damaged by lightning; the upper barn of the house of M. P. Rey- holds was considerably damaged by fire caused by lightning and the residence of Frederic A. Judd on Deer Hill sven- ue was also struck. In this last case the bolt entered the cupols and in it's de- scent passed through a room in which five memb, rs of the family had gather ed and excepting being slightly shock ed none of them were injured.
 At Winsted trees were blown over, gardens laid low and buildings blown down and the Roland Cook place was struck. At New Boston, Mass. a yoke of oxen owned and driven by Frank Deming were struck and instantly killed by the lightning. His barn was also set | oEr huk .ol, . before they had acquired much head way.
 At New Milford barn belonging to l.. F. Curtis was set on five by light. ming and totally destroyed.
 A dozen places were struck in Green wich, trees shattered and torn up by the roots and great damage was done to telephones. At New Haven the veloci. ty of the wind was 36 miles an hour The lightning did its work with cleo. trical swiftness, and wires burned out, trees fell and every flash was counted by 8 crash that wrought destruction somewhere. In the central office of the s. N. B. Telephone Company operations were suspended for 15 minutes, in order to protect the operators In scores oi places around the city the lightning burned out the wires and did other damage to phones. Many buildings were struck and great damage done.
 Martin Futile of DanburY Quarter had a COW killed by lightning during the storm Thursday evening. In Roxbury lightning struck in number of places and bolt passed down a tree under which were five choice COWS belonging to B. G. Seeley < Son, killing them all Hail fell in the north part of the town
 There was heavy hail storm in South Saudistield, Mass and the hail stones were so large and came with such force as to break many windows and to ruin garden produce. Considerable damage was done in the way of breaking glss. at half dozen or more houses in the vicinity. One resident picked up a mum Der of hail stones which together made a mass larger than a mans head.
 At Twin Lakes, Salisbury, Falls Vii lage and other nearby towns the damage was great. Canaan has been quite for tunate during all of the recent thunder showers which have been accompanied by heavy wind and rain, yet no particu lar damage has been done.