The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-22
STORM KILLS
 AND DAMAGES
Two Fatalities By Lightning
 And Dwellings Damaged.

The second real violent electrical storm of thne season, and one which extended over large area of, New England, bringing relief from the sweltering weather that preceded it. broke yesterday afternoon and re- cured spasnnodica1ly until late in the night.
 Houses in outlying sections were struck by lightning, local shops were hit,g telephone, telegraph and troll ley service was temporarily. disrupted and many persons in the city shock ed by the discharges.
 hi other sections of Connecticut where the storm was of even greater violence reports of death aud dam age are frequent
 Intense heat prevailed yesterday rising from a temperature of 78 at noont1me to 8S at 31o'c1ock. The storm which broke shortly after o'clock brought the mercury down to thar drops during the night left it at 70 at a. m. with a tendency to rise today.
 Tn this city the large electric sign on the West end plant of the Crane Valve company was struck. and the telephone switchboard operator who had her head piece over both ears was i severely shocked. The residence of B. N. Spery on Park Place was struck andga laborer working in Sea
 
 also struck the blacksmith shop of the Main &street Crane valve works knocking out the windows.
 Te4epanone operators throughout the ofty received minor shocks as did a tedeenaph operator in the employ of the Western Union company.
 A bartender in the employ of Mi- c1naea J. Ma1oney, Jones avenue, is feported as hsxing been shocked whenAcarryingsa case of bottles upon a wete cement zfloorfng. As the cleo trfcffy played Aabout his hands with out fstunufng him he dropped the case and hid in the cellar. All the lights in thee adtoinzng boHHng works were extAneufsiaed.
 In stra41ords the play of the light ming AwasseEeH more violent than here, and two houses are reported as be- ing struck They are those of Judge H0Vvaud Curtis sand Isaac Hull. both in thea Center. Mrs Hull suffered shock
 Beacs1. resorts also suffered, a troI- Walnuts beach and. a. house on Seeley St, Silver Sands.
 Fa1rdaad escaped electrical dam age but received full benefit from the downpour. At the Flint Pavilion many bazthers were in the water and remained there teven during the heav- fest part of the rain
 At Monroe it. did no property dam age, other than gto blow down much of the corn. It tis not believed that this will renaint down to the later detrinent Of thea crop
 All along sthei Connecficut lines from New, Havenito this city the sig nal lights in the boxes were out and operation of cars was done by teIe-7 phone In this city cars were at var ious places left stranded as their fus- es and motors blew out.
 In some parts of the State the storm was accom- panied by hail and. in sttne vicinity of New Milford it is estimated tobacco in the fields was damaged to the extent of $15,OOO.
 In Stamford Josephine Wujick, seven years of age, and her sister. Stella, four. were struck by lightning. and the alder girl killed The other may die. They sought shelter under a tree.
 Daniel Chase. aged 70, a civil war veteran. was struck by lightning at his home in New Fairfield and killed In Bristol. Frank Arlino, who sought shelter in small house, in a ceme- tery, was struck He may die. The storm wasssevereNin New Haven. The steeple of St. Jcf1ni's Roraan Catho- lie church was shattered A garage was burned and numerous buildings struck. TeIephoneS service in many cities were crippled.