The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-13

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4 nun INT All we're badly shocked by tl1e
iikhtniYe q ana ore was knocked to tho
x sfn,,nd N, Al, unconscious state. After
Z being removed 10 the house he Yccovcrea
ii, IN short titRc. ii.
,.The two Injured mem exatnl:ed Mr..
Ware as soon as f,A fell i. but from, tnfs
first II was evident that there vas no
hope for him.. ~
Yet Another Victim.
rAe CORRESPONDENT ct charlotte n. Co
8xesterday added To the long list, he fol-
Matte Green. n colored woman, was was
Killed t,y lightning at her home, Two mics 8
,,ortl, OF the city.
The woman had been In the tiela q.
work all the morning. Shortly after z,
o'clock a cloud came ZIP. and she s.ar.eu
for the house. When only n short tis-
tsnre from her home, there came Blind
IN flash OF lightning, followed by all un-
X ,,s,,a ncai or thunder. The woman va $
4 .ret, "a fail and when her friends ran 10
her, found her dead. Il
Several Objects Struck.
IN this city the storm, of iy The pas, Iew Y,
aays has found inanimate targets, but IN
Il sninp 70 alarmed d number Of people
Montia. n ftcrnoon n large mulberry tree
at8the corner Of Church and Rove
streets. was struck by the electric fluid
and cut offEabot,t eight or ten feet from
the ground as clearly as II q great axe
had been swung against 1t. FortunatclS
lilo person was injured.
The same evening lightning struck the.
rev residence of Mr.. Smith No. 22lS
West Grace Street, and knocked ,ho
ion Off OF one Of The substantial cniln-
,,eys, hut did no further damage 'nu ~,
s this. and TIC extinction OF the #elec .
lights. The electric fixtures III me =, Jen'
kins bindcry, near the smith residences
* ere burned out about the same time.
While no person has been killed many
3 have becn severely alarmed by the SEE
scrlt. of the lightning.
Much Damage by Winds.
Ting storms or both yesterday and the
X day before were accompanied by WINDS 81
unusual vchcmencc and severity me a.rS
/ currents sometimes assuming a tortuouss
ASPECT and swishns branches from Tho
frees and twirling the leaves downward
I'm great showers. In many cases large
limbs were torn from the trunks, ana m
i many eases exposed fences yielded = 70
The tremendous pressure of the vino ana
were prostratcd. The int crscctioll OF Mad
{ ison and Main streets was aga IN II odeu.,
The flat portion of the field just west west
of the Vine StrcCl ca SilcHs " ~ W 80
senger and Power Company was mum
dated yesterday by the heavy downpourr
No damage was done. but he water. IN
vaded the recently constructed auxiliary ;t.l
sheds. 8 5 #i
Wire Service Deranged.
The winds ycsterday!aftcrnoon seriously
deranEed the wire service Of the .tWd
telegraph companies and OF the telc-.S
phone company interfering materially
with business. The Postal Telegraph
Company last night reported: We have
&mo wires to Norfolk or \ ewport New
The Western Union said that their wire WIZ
service, too. had been badly deranged
blythe storm, but reported that 7 mid, !
night AIN wires We're working and All
damage had been repaired. Many tele-5
phones failed OF he desired connection ton
last night. as a result q { the dcrange-s
f11ent Ct the wire service. Altogether, the
storm in every aspect has been one OF
the sevcrcst of5reccnt years.