The evening world., 1911-07-21

the lightning haG not set nrc either 4
the Roanoke or the Grant home. They
broke up the demolished, fuse boxes N
the cellar. and after satisfying them.
selves that there was no danger and
calming the fears Of the excited tenants,
they left.
In other parts Of Greater New York
several buildings were damaged by
lightning. At One Hundred and Sew
enty-fourth street and West Farms road
a bolt struck the building occupied by
the New Haven Lumber Company and
set fire 10 II. A still alarm was sent In
and fremen extinguished the blaze. The
loss was about $500.
Another bolt struck the roof Of a tene-
ment house ut No. 1920 Franklin avenue,
the Bronx. n started a blaze. The
tenants fed In panic. Firemen ex-
t'nguished the flames. which had made
little headway owing 10 the heavy rain.
A fagpole on the roof OF the American
Can Company Building. at No. 4<7 West
Fourteenth street. was shattered by
lightning. II fell 10 the street. but no
one was injured. tho sidewalk being de-
serted. The electric lights in the build
ing were pu, out.
A big tree on the east side OF City
Han Park was struck by lightning and
hurled across the street. almost against
the new municipal building.
MASS GOES ON, NUNS QUIET, AS
BOLT HITS.
when tho Conven, OF the French Sis.
ters was struck Father Exile OF the
Church Of the Assumption was rom
Quoting mass. Although the entire
building rocked from the crash the
pftaot dtd mt hatt In hla snruIraa aa1
there was no panic among the nuns In
any part Of the building.
A man on a nearby roof on Eighty
first street was knocked down by the
Impact OF tho bolt. lie said he saw
the bolt leap across the space from
the shattered cross TO the roo on
which he vas standing. then II APP
peared TO ny In the air and burst.
Tho storm was as severe In white
Plains as in the Bronx. The barn OF
I,anedon Carpenter, on h outskirts OF
the village of valhalla. was ignited by
lightning and burned TO the ground. A
farm hand and his wife and a baby we're
In the barn at the time. but they were
not injured. A horse ten feet from them
vas struck down by a shaft Of the light
ming and killed instantly.
Hackensack had hardly recovered
from the shock OF the first storm
when tho second broke with wen
fury. putting the trolley lines
out OF business and flooding the streets.
RUTHERFORD THREATENED By
BLAZE.
lightning struck the fve-story build
ing OF George p. Holman on Park ave-
nue.. Rutherford. setting fire 10 Il and
for a time the blaze threatened the en-
H.. l..a "a
big building. used a. a storage ware
house. was completely destroyed. '
The water pressure was so low that
tho iremen were practically helpless.
HAD II not been for the heavy rain the
FIRE would have had the tow at Ito
mercy. Aid was summoned from
Passaic and Paterson. and with these
auxiliaries the local fire brlgades man.
aged to prevent a confagration.
From many outlying towns in New
Jersey reports have been received OF
by lightning. At Madison
several buildings were struck. The
villa Of w. g. Stems OF Simon Storms
& Co.. No. "a University place, was
struck and burned to the ground. the
damage being estimated at $4,000.
During the height OF the storm on
staten Island the lightning raised
wv win the wv wires OF the
Richmond Light & Power Company.
No trolley cars were run from Rich
mond and Midland Beach between mid
night n 0 o'clock to-day.
A motorman running slowly through
the first storm found the tracks SUBJ
merged with q foot Of water near DON
gan Hills. He ran into a heap of stones
and his car jumped the tracks and
crossed the o to a ditch into which
II slumped. The passengers in the car
we're badly shaken up and scared. Two
OF the women passengers swooned from
fright.
Tho beautiful home Of New Jersey
State Senator John d. Prince at Ridge.
wood a destroyed during the mid
night storm. lightning struck one OF
the cupolas OF the villa. which was
situated on the crest OF the mountain.
The entire upper part of the house
blaxed up and the structure was a biaz-
Ing n mass Of ruins before the fire COM
panies arrived from Paterson and
Ridgewood.
During the storm at Long Branch. n.
j.. lightning struck the stable OF John
Conrow. killing two horses. The build
ing caught fire and burned. Conrow's
loss Is about 500.