New-York tribune., 1905-06-23
DEATH IN SUMNER STORM.
City Is Szcept by Rain and Wand-
Bolt Erplodes Dynamite.

yesterdays storm The day promised to be
one of the hottest days of the season. Inc
maximum temperature was 81 degrees aoouI
noon. and the mercury rising steadier every
moment. when like a flash, the sky became
clouded and a terrific storm and rainfall with
lightning, followed. In less than ten minutes
the temperature dropped eighteen degrees The
rain poured in torrents, at the rate of three
inches an hour and the storm travelled at
rate of thirty-nine miles an hour, beating all
records this year in velocity and force 1t
caught tens of thousands of workmen, bust
ness men, shoppers and school children un-
awares, and. with the lightning wrought much
havoc in the city and its suburbs.
Against two heat prostrations few moments
before the storm broke two deaths and several
injuries by lightning were recorded Michael
Burns q plumber was the first victim clalIneo
by the lightning He was working on mousse
at Montclair N J., when a bolt struck the
north end and quickly glided into the plumbing
system. Burns was cleaning joint of pipe on
the floor The lightning slid OF to the pipe and
struck him senseless. He died before reachlng
the Mountatndale Hospital He was twenty-four
years old. Earlier in the day Edward Jones.
seventy-five Years old. and Henry Hill were
overcome with heat Both live IN Mammalian
and removed to Bellevue.
Arthur Bolton fifty years old, employed as
driver by William F. Mullin, an undertaken OF
Newark was Killed by bolt of lightning Dol
ton was driving coach, and he and others were
waiting in front of a house in Forrest-st. Ar
Iington for the conclusion of the funeral service
when the storm rose. Bottoms coach was close
IN a largo tree The tree is supposed to have
attracted the lightning but it hit the man ana
hurled him senseless from the top of the coach-
Lightning struck the electric light plant Oh
the Hudson County Boulevard Commission A'
Snake Hill, Jersey City, disabling the eh'he
system The fourteen mile stretch OF the bouie-
ward was shrouded in darkness last night Inc
holt was so severe that some of the brlcks
in the wall were dislodged.
LIGHTNING SETS OFF DYNAMITE.
At the height of the storm nash Oh iish'-
ming exploded some dynamite whlch hao oeei
left in a vacant lot at 121st-st. and Amsterdam
ave Last spring blasting was being ooie d.
this point, and it is believed that some VI '
,los+inq material had been accidentally lett
about.
The explosion blew out all of the windows IN
the Marquette, a new apartment house at No
AT TO 421 West 120th-st. In the oulldllle a'
work was Joseph Rose, of lst-aVe, p"lhte''
He was stunned by the force OF the eApiosioh'
which was close to the building, and ms NAN
WAS singed and his face burned. The force OF
tho
and windows were broken IN the 'ssiA'oi =
ess,,o+ha, now apartment house in 121st-st
ea,,eral windows in the dormitores OF
treacbers College at Amsterdam ana 1zlsl-
st were also shattered, and many. VI 'iie "
mates hurriedly left the building IN rear
before the storm broke in the city darkness
fell like a pail. So black were the oaiihs ~
lowering clouds that they shut OIL the sun
ravs as If total eclipse was IN progress II
was like night for few minutes anu a." 49,
49,. oi+,, ,eon1e in dwellings, offices. stores and
.orpsnons were busy turning on gas ana eiec-
tric lights. In some parts of the Supreme Court
hearings had to be suspehueu'
baum adjourned court.
Tn tho storm besides the fatalities there were
.,,-,,aroue accidents throughout the city ana
o,,.-, A bolt of lightning struck the nag
-, an +ha fashionable apartment house. iHe
7 Ie5on Nos 157 and 159 West 124th-st' shat-
terins 1t into splinters. Pieces OF the Woou N
IN every direction. striking people OH Tue
below The bolt slid down the pole Ah'o .it0
a,e+or shaft catching the wire cable "EicI'
John Harris. the elevator boy heio fAe "N
knocked senseless. but recovered later
There was one place in all NeW-forK "hefo
the elements couldn't quail the aroor VI 'ito
essarnbled-Sheepshead Bay Only the lruiiipe'
or tbe archangel could have stopped race
.or5oy At the very moment the storm
brora IN all its fury the field for The Sur1 was
Going +o the post Some of the field crowns
sought shelter but in second the gong souu
ed and the inspiring cry of, They're on over
wheIrned the roar of the disturbed elements
The downpour caused the culVerts OF the
Broadway surface line to fill with water so IhaI
traffic was delayed, and at one tlIne orousii' ~
q stop Flashes of blush flame shoI oul li'i'i
under the cars for hours. The display VI ii'iii7
+s,-,ac nnd
burned ont from the time the storm was nan
over until far into the night. To clear the cui-
verts wcrkmen used hand pumps.
po1Ts STRIKE IN BROOKLYN.
lightning struck a public school IN BROOK
Iyn and shattered the fagstah on the cupoia
of the Temple Bar Building Ihree huhoIeu
cbi1dran who were waiting for the storm to
subside were badly frightened when poit
20 ushtning struck the cupola of Public School
No 49, at Rockaway- ave ana McDousai-s'
They were quieted by the teachers. and be-
came calm again when the janitor returned from
the roof and reported that although consider
able damage had been done TO the cupoia the
building had not been set on fire.
For the second time in year the large nag
pole on top of the Temple Bar Building. at
Court and Joralemon-sts., was struck by ighl-
ming About half of the forty-foot staff which
s,rmounted the tower on top of the twelve-story
building sailed across the street and fell on
top of the Borough Hall. Just under where 1t
struck the tin roof with a crash the Justices OF
the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court
were listening to argument.
Coney Island shivered for several hours, and
the managers ground their teeth lest some bal
words might escape. There were fifty thousand