The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-19
FARMER KILLED BY LIGHTNING
GREAT DAMAGE ny STORM IN
AND NEAR ASBJRY PARK.
several stores and Cottages struck Bed
Shattered. hut Occupant L. Unhurt
woman ParsIy red white sewtng
SIS O Damage In New Brunswtck.

AsBURY PARK. n. j., July Is.-There
was a severe storm on the coast this after
noon, which continued for five hours, ac-
c~ompanied by almost inoessant thunder
and lightning. In Asbury Park and vicinity
the fire companies were kept constantly
on the move. Several cottages and bust
ness houses we're struck by bolte, ore man
was killed, a woman wa paraiyzed and
the lightning played strange antics.
Antanas Macninas, q Russian farmer
was struck down while at work in q field
near New Bedford. When found an hour
after ward he was dead. A beanpole that
stood before the storm forty feet from
where the body |was found had been
splintered.
Mrs. II. f. Annabell Of Bradley Beach
had a remarkable experience. A lightning
bolt struck the bed in which she was lying.
The bedetead was shattered, but h oc-
cupant was unhurt.
An odd vagary Of lightning was shown
In h experience Of Mrs. Edward Brow
on West Asbury avenue. She was sewing
when the lightning struck a needle in her
hand. The fiery current passed into her
body and she is now psralyzed.
A Gotta ne on Sewall avenue in Asbury
Park In which Z. H. Van Ripper of New
York was spending the summer was struck
by a bolt which tore through the roof and
was followed by fire. The two upper stories
were quilted.
Proctor's furniture store on Stockman
avenue was struck and Mrs. @. c. Graham,
an Ocean Grove tenter, was also
shocked by a lightning bolt
At Hamilton. west Of here, the church
and the residence of Andrew Simpson. n
farmer. were damaged. Mira. Simpson,
who was In the house at the time, was badly
burned. Furniture and partitions in nve
rooms we're broken. but there was no fire.
The farmhouse Of the late Goodenough
jackson In Green Grove was set on FIRE
by a bolt. but neighbors e~xtinguished the
flames. Addison Migss's barn, opposite
the county house, also was damaged by
lightning.
In the back country the storm was very
severe. II uprooted trees n seriously
da ma ged crops.
r BRUNSWICK, n, D., jury io'-h hooi
c~loudburst struck this city at 1 o'clock to-
day and CAUSED about SIS, 900 damage.
Willow Grove Cemetery on Morris street
was converted into a lake. and small head
stones were covered. Lightning struck
Engine HOUSE 1 and completely wrecked 1t.
The horses were eaved, but with diniculty.
on account OF the food. The cupola OF
Columbia Hall was shattered by a bolt.
The beautiful country home Of the late
Judge A. '. Schenck was struck. IL ia
Just a year since lightning hit II before,
three feet from the place shattered to-day.
The grounds Of Hugh Boyd, proprietor OF
the Tome Nesrs. were submerged and his
horses nearly drowned in the stable.
Heroic efforts were made TO save the hand
some house Of the New Brunswick Boat
Club. The anchor chains were broker and
the permanent ssngplank smashed. Extra
cables were attached to the place and
fastened to the bridge over the Raritan.
On one OF the main streets a tree was torn
from It's roots and hurled against a dwelling
~ that the residents had to chop their way
out with an axe. Lightning struck the
Neverelip factory and there was almost q
| panic among the employees.
All these things and others occurred
within an hour.