The Detroit times., 1911-06-05
TW0E[ECTR0CUIE
F. IN THE wake 0f
FIERCE STORM
Arthur Bushay, Nine Years Old, a.
Bryan Smith, Aged wyandotte 1rsr
Instantly Killed by Grasping
Live Wires Blown Down.
Little GirliPainfully Injured; Watt
man Paralyzed by Lightning Bolt
Property Loss Heavy.

An aged man and q nine-year
old boy dead, the latter's glfI
playmate painfully injured. one Ina4
lying In the hospital with his right
side paralyzed-these are the tragic
Incidents that followed In the. wake
of the terrific storm that swept De
troit and vicinity, Sunday night
Arthur Bushay, nine-year-old son .cf
Peter and Anna Bushay, No. 533
Trombley-aye.. was instantly killed.
Monday morning about O'clock
when he grasped a live telephone
wire that dangled over q ID. u. u.
feed wire. The tragedy occurred at
Trombley-ave., and Chene,st. a stones
throw from the little victims homo.
Ten minutes later, while Frances
Ginnis. 10 years old. No. % Newton-
ST., was gazing at the body OF her
little friend. the same wire struck
her across the face, burning the
cheek TO the bone.
Bryan Smith, 70 years old, Of No.
S5 Front-st., Wyandotte, while work
ing in his back yard, Monday morn
ing, picked up live electric wire,
blown down by Sunday nights storm,
and was instantly killed. the finserB
1n his right hand being burned on
He was the father OF ex-County sur
yeyor Smith.
Emil KlagmaH, 45 years old, Ne. S63
Concord-ave.. employed as q night
watchman at the plant OF Schwanbeck
Bros, Milwaukee-ave. and DeQuindre-
St, was thrown heavily to the floor of
the boiler room OF the plant. Sunday
night. He was pulling signal box
when there came binding flash OF
lightning and a terrific thunder clap
Klugman was alone In the big fao-
tory. His right side was scared ana
numbled He managed 10 raise htH4-
self to sitting posture and with re.
markable presence OF mind, he pulled
FIRE alarm box. Then he sank un-
conscious to the floor.
When the firemen arrived, they had
TO break into the place. They found
Klugman lying there and they hurs
ried him to Grace hospital.
The little Bushay boy was sent TO
the grocery store early Monday morn
ing. He saw the wire dangling IN the
air and despite the warning shout %
Harold Peters, 16 years old, he seized
hold OF II. He was thrown heavily 70
the ground, his body landing on anoth-
er section Of the wire that lay upon
the ground.
Young Nelson told Coroner Roth
acher that he and others In the neigh
borhood knew about the wire, Sunday
night, and that they tried to get the
telephone company, but were unable
to do SO. because Of the demoralixod
condition OF the wires.
| The coroner is investigating.
| The storm, the worst Of the s3a-
son. caused heavy property loss.
The telephone and telegraph com
panies, the city lighting Commits
sion and the Detroit United railway
were all hard hit. II will take nearly
all day to- clean up after the storm
Trees were blown down in all parts
of the city and many windows were
blown In, the gale having reached =
velocity Of nearly 80 miles an hour.
II was about $3.50 o'clock that the
storm, which had been gathering IN
the west for about an hour, finally
broke. II was a sort of grand climax
| to a series OF thunder showers that
had begun Saturday night. continu-
ing intermittently through the Sab
bath. There were signs OF clearing
| In the afternoon, and those who had
been kept In by the rain I'm the morn
| ing ventured forth with the idea Of
making the most OF the opportunity
| The populace fairly swarmed to the
river and the pleasure boats were
quickly filled. The street cars. both
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