New-York tribune., 1901-07-18
LIGHTNING PLAYS FRANKS
,o.nWAY CAR PASSENGERS FRIGHT
rHFD BY BOLTS AND WESTCHES-
TER COUNTY PLACES
STRUCK.

storm that visited the city yesterday, while
eed at least a continuance of the excessive
t5,t, did not materially lower the temperature
nu.- Cor short time The maximum shown by
,scial thermometer IS degrees at 2:l5
i - The lowest temperature was "a degrees. at
All day the humidity ranged between so
" - q ner cent except in the afternoon. when for
ADe so-t time it dropped TO between 20 and 75 per
cent -, -,
, o,,lock it became severe. lasting until after 5
,ock While the storm was at its height the rain
On n large drops. the wind blew half gale and
- thunder and lightning almost incessant
= ros sudden severe and local. While it lasted
,ytbs of an inch of rain fell. and the temperature
..,nned from 81 TO "A degrees The wind reached
,,slocity OF twenty-four miles hour.
,rben the storm broke. John Torrey eight
-..r-old boy. of No. SOS East Fourteenth-st-, was
,'.rtpg in the yard of No. 57S East Fourteenth-st
rrsng Torrey was walking along the top of the
,.,oe when a loud crash of thunder startled
,,r that he fell breaking his left leg. He was
+.ten to Bellevue Hospital.
The electricity in the air got mixed up with the
sssricity which furnishes the motive power for
me Broadway and created panic among the
nsssengers in two cars al Thrty-fourth-st and
rroadgay. Some Of the women attempted TO jump,
hut we're prevented by the conductors and several
of the male passengers. Nobody was injured
To persons the street there a. the time It
slot in which is the electric wire. a fame shot
INTO the air 10 a height of about four feet 1t
nsrtly enveloped both the cars. thus causing the
scare 10 The passengers.
Councilman John J. Murphy and Deputy Super
,utendent Rickard OF Bellevue Hospital were cross
,ng the grounds OF the hospital when they We're
caught by the storm. They stood under a large
oak tree a bolt of lightning hit q wire close by
ana The electricity jumped the tree, running
SoTn the trunk to the ground. Both men made a
dash through the rain for the hospital Neither
One effect Of the storm at Bellevue Hospital was
10 Increase the already large supply OF mosquitoes
THE little pests have been a great annoyance for
several days and life at the hospital is becoming
almost unbearable because Of them.
AT the Manhattan terminus Of the Brooklyn
Bridge the crowd was so dense in the fury of the
Storm that the police maintained order only with
In Westchester County the thunderstorm did con-
Siderable damage. 1t seemed TO centre over Rye.
although all ne the: eastern part Of the county re
refuge the verandas OF the Rye Beach Hotel
we're terrified when the lightning struck a pole a
fng and many OF the women became faint. The
mole was set on fire. and the trolley and telephone
wires burned out
barn and stables Of A. L. Beyea, who has a large
summer boarding house al Milton Point, Rye Mr.
Beyea's guests rescued his horses and carriages
The Rye Fire Department turned out The loss on
the building IS estimated at $3.50.
In New-Rochelle the lightning struck the power
house OF the Union Railway Company and burned
out a part Of the machinery. The accident caused
a suspension OF traffic. and fifty cars filed with
passengers were delayed for several hours
In the heavy rainstorrn between 5 and 6 o'clock
lightning struck the Flagstaff the roof Of the
tered, and one large piece was thrown TO the roof
Of the building on the opposite corner. occupied by
women standing in the street waiting for cars mar
royy escaped being struck by pieces OF the pole