Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-29
ONE KILLED, four
! INJURED IN STORM
Farmland Is Struck by Light
ming While Running TO
Shelter.
WOMAN'S BODY TURNS
BLACK AFTER SHOCK
Much Property Destroyed
Lighting Service and Street
Car Lines Crippled.

One man killed, four persons in
jured and much property destroyed
are the results reported today from
the severe thunder and lightning
storm which swept over the State
yesterday afternoon. The victim of
the elements was Peter Butler, en-
bloyed as a farmland at Vincentown,
hear Mt. Holly, who was killed by
bolt of lightning while running
through the rain to the farmhouse.
Mrs. Raymond Edey, of Central
avenue, Morrisville, near Trenton,
was struck by lightning while draw
ing water from faucet and was
paralyzed. She held the brass spigot
In one hand and a tin cup in the
other when the lightning struck the
house. 1t followed along the water
pipe and knocked the woman I'M
conscious.
For hours after she was struck
Mrs Edey's body remained black, but
was brought to its natural color after
q physician had worked over her Cor
some time. She is paralyzed on one
kide, but it is believed she will re-
cover
Another house in Mt. Holly, owned
by Joseph Cross, was struck by light
ming and saved from burning by the
quick work of neighbors. The light
ming followed along a gas pipe, melt
ed a chandelier and then set fire to
the house. The flames were seen by
neighbors, who turned off the gas
se1,a
Cross and his family are spending the
summer at Seaside Park, and the
house was unoccupied when struck.
Father and Son Struck.
A father and son were struck by
lightning while loading hay on the
meadows near Egg Harbor City. The
father. Hutch Kaiser, was knocked
Unconscious, while his son Fred was
thrown to the ground. Mrs. l.. ia
cobs of Galloway township, was
standing in the doorway of her home
when a bolt struck the house and
she was rendered unconscious.
In Newark one home was struck
by lightning, while numerous trees
lost heavy branches. Trolley and
electric lighting service was crippled
by the storm. The home of Marcus
Hanger, of $3.50 South Twelfth street,
WAS struck. Portions of the chimney
gnd the roof were torn away, but
none of the occupants of the house
were injured.
The high humidity during the storm
is believed to have caused the death
Of Ludwig Gahr, 81 years old, 405
Walnut street, who died suddenly
last night. He dropped to the pave
9nent while walking in front of At
Walnut street and expired within a
Jew minutes. County Physician Nc
Kenzie declared that the mans death
was due to the heat He ordered the
body removed to Holes morgue.
For some time Gahr had been I'M
nble to obtain employment. He Is
Burvived by his wife, Mrs. Eva Gahr;
ipne daughter, Mrs. Louise Quick, of
1rvington, and two sons, Jacob and
Fred Gahr, of this city.
Frustrated by Heat.
: Another case of heat prostration
was reported. William Wallace, of
25 Garside street, was overcome last
might while in front of 90 Garside
street. He was removed to his home.
IIis condition is not serious.
/, When the storm broke here about
4 80 o'clock the streets were filed
with pedestrians. The rain came
down in torrents and there was a
wild scramble for shelter. Many per-
.sons remained in the department
store entrances until the storm be-
came less severe. The city was
Thrown in darkness by the sudden
.downpour, but after the storm passed
the sun came out brightly.
Although the highest temperature
sduring the day was not more than
sSS degrees the humidity had been In
.the neighborhood Of 100 per cent.
making the atmosphere almost un-
'bearable. Even after the storm the
humidity was not lessened to a per-
iceptible degree.
Several persons narrowly escaped
being struck by heavy limb of a
tree on High street, between Long
worth and Crawford streets, when
ION other thoroughfares the streets
were Uttered with branches that were
torn off during the storm.
The heaviest damage recorded In
the suburbs was in Bloomfield ano
Glen Ridge, where roads were washed
away by the heavy torrent. In sew
eral places the water rose over the
sidewalks and poured into cellars
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