Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-07-26
SATURDAYS ELECTRICAL STORM
Which Prevailed Throughout Vermont
and All over this Section of New Eng

A thunder storm of great vio
lence swept over Vermont Saturday
night, doing much damage a train
from New York was derailed near
Rutland by washout which under
mined the tracks. The only person Sc
riously injured was Fireman Edward
Pratt, who jumped from the train. He
was taken to the Rutland hospital in an
unconscious condition but will probably
recover. Traffic was blocked until 6
o'clock Suday night Lightning struck
several buildings in Rutland including the
Boulevard schoolhouse. At Enosburg
Falls an inch and a half of rain fell in half
an hour The terrific wind uprooted 20
shade trees in the village and Charles
Stanleys barn was unroofed. In Sheldon
200 sugar naples were blown down on
the farm of Allen Draper. In South Berk-
shire so naples were uprooted in the
sugar orchard of Arthur Hoadley. In ST.
Adams a large section of the roof of the
St Adams street railway power plant
was blown off. In East Swanton a two
story frame dwelling house, nearing COM
pletiOn, was blown to pieces and the ell
of another mouse was moved bodily five
feet by the wind. At Alburgh lightning
struck a tree beneath which Is sheep had
gathered for shelter killing them all.
The lightning played strange pranks in
Montpelier, striking several houses but
doing no serious damage. In Berlin a
bolt struck barn belonging to Ira Ben
iamn and knocked two cows senseless.
of lightning struck the barn of F. l.. Fish
at Mile Point and killed ms valuable dri-
wing horse, Aberdeen. A barn and con-
tents belonging to Constable n. c. De-
lano in West FeTrsburg was struck and
burned to the ground In Cambridge the
St Adams hospital barn was struck and
burned to the ground. This is the third
time a barn has been struck and burned
on that spot Homer Cobb's barn and
another standing close to it in Cornwall
We're burned. The Methodist church in
Gilmore was struck and badly damaged.
The barn of f. II. Connant in New
Haven was struck and burned. In West
Newport. up on the Canadian line,
Charles Fuller was struck by lightning
and instantly killed while shingling the
roof of his barn. The house of Rev. w.
c. Schofeld Inv Richford was struck and
the roof badly damaged In Milton Peter
Smiths barn was struck by lightning and
burned. Three horses which We're in the
barn were made stone deaf and the fam
lily dog was killed by the shock. In Will
liamsburg lightning struck the barn of
John Riddle, killing two horses and in
juring two others so badly that they had
to be killed. The otter Creek river over
flowed its banks and did much damage to
crops, Besides the damage from light
ming growing crops were badly injured
by the wind. In this county G. p Wares
barn in Brookine was struck and burned
to the ground. Five cows were burned
Lightning struck a herd of cows and
sheep belonging to F, c. Rand in Sax
tons River killing most of them.
In Massachusetts also the electric storm
was almost cyclonic in violence. The
wind created a panic at Revere Beach,
where 1000 people were congregated, and
Edward Stuart, coored, was overcome by
fright and died of heart disease At
Clinton a large circus tent was blown
over but none of the audience was much
injured. The wind knocked barn off its
foundations in Barre and uprooted forest
trees and knocked down telegraph wires
for a distance of 20 miles. At Ludlow an
elm tree is feet in circumference and 100
years old was blown over