Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-03
WIND, LIGHTNING
AND HAIL STONES
At BERNARDSV|LLE
Glass Shattered, Trees Ruined
and Horses Run Away
During Storm.
Especial TO the Newark star.l

BERNARDSVILLE, Aug. "A ter
rife storm of wind, accompanied by
vivid flashes of lightning that made
great banks of fire in the clouds, and
a heavy fall of hailstones larger than
agate marbles made a wide and long
swath through Somerset county a few
minutes after 8 o'clock yesterday after
noon. The big h~ailstones destroyed
many fruit trees in Bernards town
ship, broke many panes of glass in
dwellings and hot houses and fright
ened horses so they ran away. The
greatest damage was done In the
vicinity of Lyons station, Basking
Ridge. Liberty Corpers and West Mill
ington. The hailstones were so large
and hard hat SOME Of them were
found In the fields early this morning.
When commuters from Newark ON
the Bernardsville train alighted at
Lyons Station at $50 O'Clock last eve
ming the roads and fields were covered
to a depth of owe two inches with
huge ha%flstones. Lawyer william j.
Kearns was met at Lyons by his wife,
who on the drive to their home said
the storm was the most terrifying she
had ever seer and that there was
great destruction at their place. Mr.
Kearns said today that ten panes of
glass were shattered in his cottage and
that his fruit trees were destroyed by
the haflstones.
we did not arrive at Lyons In time
to witness the storm and the great fall
from the clouds of mammoth hall
stones he said; but we saw the
roads and fields covered with them
Mrs. Kay, wife of Robert Kay. col
lector of Bernards township. who has
a real estate Office in Newark, had a
narrow escape from death or serious
injury. She was driving to the rail-
road station to meet her husband when
the storm broke suddenly. The horse
was struck by the big hailstones and
ran away, but I heard she escaped in
jury by a miracle; but the buggy was
wrecked.
Great Damage to Fruit.
MANY panes of glass were broken at
the dairy of Luther Childs, h great
restaurant man, and at the home or
Edward M. Waldron, the Newark
MASON builder. The damage to their
fruit trees was great. Anthony Scnu-
macker, engineer of Bernards town
ship, who is building roads. made ice
cream and froze it with the big squares
and cones of hai1stones he shoveled up
at his place. We were told that the
fruit crop was ruined at Basktng
Ridge, Liberty Corner Inc West Mill
ington, but that no hailstones fell at
Bernardsvil1e, though there was a
terrific storm of lightning, wind and
rain at 5 O'clock. We had heavy rain
last night.
People who observed the great hail
storm while It continued said it was a
grand but terrifying sight. Great
flashes of lightning darted through the
air and the masses of clouds sweeping
along in the sky, and these immense
shafts of electricity formed half circles
and zig-zags OF light and made the
great Jumps Of ice that fell from the
sky glitter like diamonds as they were
falling to the earth. We were told that
lightning set fire to houses near Ber-
nardsville and at other places"
Robert Kay said while his wife was
driving from their cottage to the rail-
road station at Lyons to meet him the
horse was hit by the huge h~ailstones
and ran away. After running more
than a quarter of a mile on the high
way the horse swerved to n side and
the buggy was dashed against a tree,
around which the frightened horse
cfrcled q dozen times, the lines having
been caught in the broken buggy. I
Mrs. Kay was thrown from the
buggy before 1t was hurled against the
tree said Mr.. Kay, and she was for
tunately not injured. But she was
shaken severely. 1t was miraculous
that she escaped injury. She said the
great haiistorm and the continuous
flashes of lightning made a great sight
in the sky, but that everybody was
terrified"