The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-13
Companions Injured, and
Several Other Persons
Victims of Storm.
Many chirnneys Hit, and
Hundreds Of Persons !.
Caught in Downpour.
~ APTAIN CHARLES w. OSBORN
II of engine company No. % of the
Minnaannlis fire danarfmenf WAS

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Minneapolis fire department, was
fatally injured and three other persons
were seriously hurt by the terrific cleo.
trio storms that swept the city yester-
day afternoon and last evening. Not
a ward in the city escaped the bonn
bardment, and there were many narrow
escapes and property losses.
The injury to Captain Osborn oc-
Cured last evening while he was re-
turning to the engine house at Hens
nepin avenue and Thirty-fourth street.
He had just been to fire at 3434 Blais.
dell avenue, where the lightning had
fred an automobile shed, and was on
| the hosecart. Suddenly there was a
binding flash, accompanied by a deaf
ening crash, and Captain Osborn fell
limp against the driver of the hosecart.
Lieutenant Hildreth, who was standing
back of the seat with his shoulder
i against the captain, was stunned and
i knocked to the bottom of the cart The
driver was shocked, but kept his hold
on the reins.
J Turning to the captain. the driver
/ asked him if he was injured. He re.
ceived no reply and stopping the horses,
he saw that the man was unconscious.
Urging the horses to, full speed, he
drove to Bethany home, the nearest hos
pital, and the injured man was carried
In and placed under the care of a ply.
sician. He gradually grew worse, and
early this morning the physicians said
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Old Man in the Service.
Captain Osborn is one, Of the old men
in the service and was for many years
; captain Of Engine company No. al
Sixth avenue S and Third street.
which is the nearest station to the mile
ing district. Engine house No. 90 has
been built but short time and he had
been in command there but month.
Storm Was General. =
The storm Of last evening was but q
part of a general electric storm thai
swept Minnesota and South Dakota. II
, first struck Minneapolis yesterday af-
ternoon at 4 O. clock. when several pers
sons were injured or made i'll by the
continual activity of the lightning.
Probably the most serious accident
in the afternoon was the injury OF
Lester Healey and Howard McMahon,
! boys who were bathing in the river at
Thirty-eighth avenue NJ, when the
1 storm broke. At the first loud thun-
, der clap the boys rushed from tho
waters and stood under large oak
tree to don their clothes.
just as they had finished dressing
there was a terrific crash. The
lightning struck the tree, tearing of
two of the large limbs, and both boys,
who were leaning against the tree,
were hurled to the ground, unconscious.
Several workmen in the lumber yards
had seen the boys and as soon as they
fell several men left their work and
went to help the boys. The patrol
wagon was summoned and before it
arrived both boys had partly regained
consciousness. They were both taken
to their homes, the Healey boy at 1851
Lyndale avenue N, and Howard Me-
Mahon at 1918 Aldrich avenue n.
Their clothes had been torn to rib
bons and their bodies slightly burned,
but their injuries are not thought to
be, serious.
Struck by lightning.
Stephen Shembo, driver of .
sprinkling cart on Cedar avenue. was
also painfully injured as result Of
the storm. His wagon was struck by
the lightning as he was crossing Sixth
street and he was knocked to the pave
ment, sustaining a broken leg. He
was also stunned by the shock and the
fall and when he was picked up it was
thought he had been killed. He was
taken to his home, 416 Thirteenth ave-
nue. S, and physician was called.
Aside from the personal injuries,
fires were started and several buildings
were damaged.
At the Bellevue hotel, 3l4 Hennepia
avenue, the telephone wire leadiHg
into one of the rooms was overchargsd,
setting fire to the building on the sec
ond floor. The fire department ex-
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