Newark Evening Star And Newark Advertiser

STORM UNROOFS THE BANISTER CO. FACTORY

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Another alarm followed within a few minutes from the saloon of Charles P. Baudendistel, at 618 Market street. A tree which had blown down at Van Buren and Clover streets blocked the path of the fire engines en route to the blaze. A fuse had blown out in the saloon and the damage was slight. Then an alarm was sounded from the Kinney car, which had caught fire, but which was controlled before the fire apparatus arrived. The last alarm was sounded from box 26, when the flagpole on the Pope-Hartford garage at 303 Central avenue was struck by lightning. This blaze was also extinguished with slight damage before the firemen arrived.

The South Orange avenue line of trolley cars was tied up for twenty-five minutes when a large tree blew down in South Orange avenue. Other lines were tied up for a similar period when fuses blew out and the electrical storm impaired the dynamos in the power houses.

A large tree in front of the home of John W. Peters, of 198 South Sixth street, was blown down and narrowly missed falling on the house. As it was the heavy tree grazed the coping of the building, shaking it severely and alarming those in the house.

Cables Out of Commission.

Four cables of the Public Service Electric Company, which were put out of commission by the electrical storm, are being repaired today. Several breaks in the cables were reported at the Marion power-house and other power-house stations while the storm was in progress. Another break in a cable was reported at 6 o'clock this morning, which lasted for six minutes.

The Public Service Railway Company today reported that twenty cars were crippled during the storm. Most of these resulted from water soaking into the motor equipment and impairing it. A few cars were struck by lightning.

Four cars were derailed by the flow of water and sand on the tracks.

A South Orange avenue car was held up for an hour when it was derailed at Sanford and South Orange avenues at 8:20 o'clock. This car was eastbound, and another westbound car also met with the same trouble.

A Main line car was derailed at Meeker and Elizabeth avenues, tying up this line for forty minutes. A Central avenue car left the tracks at South Twelfth street and held up traffic for fifteen minutes.

Suburban Troubles.

Only one blaze was reported in the suburban towns as a result of the storm. The home of Mrs. Annie Dolan, in Orange, was struck by lightning, but the small fire resulting was quickly extinguished. Bloomfield street lights were extinguished, throwing the town in darkness for some time.

Numerous trees were blown down in Irvington and the street lights were put out of commission. The same results were reported in Belleville. The most serious damage was that reported by the farmers, whose crops were partly destroyed.

During the storm the plant of the Millburn Electric Company, of that place, was struck by lightning three times but no serious damage resulted. A pole used by the company for wiring, which stands in front of William W. McCollum's residence, in Old Short Hills road, was also struck.

Lightning struck the home of Pasquale Albanese, of Lackawanna place, Millburn, but no serious damage to the property resulted, although the inmates were thrown into a panic.

The longest delay to trolley traffic was reported on the Maplewood branch of the South Orange line. A big tree was struck by lightning at Baker road and Valley street, throwing it across the trolley tracks. This occurred at 7:10 o'clock and traffic was not resumed on the line until 10:40 o'clock.

Darkness enshrouded the streets of Irvington for a time last night during the high wind. The electric current in some of the houses and business places worked intermittently.

An electric sign owned by Alfred Sykes, druggist, 104 Clinton avenue, was smashed by the wind, driving it against the building. A large tree fell on Union avenue at Mill road, taking a number of wires with it. Union avenue lights were out for some time. Trees were also blown down at Newton place and West Clinton avenue. A tree toppled over at Myrtle and Avon avenues and a live wire was down at Elmwood avenue and Elmwood terrace.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGHS SUFFER; LINER STRUCK

NEW YORK, June 21.—Great damage was wrought in all the boroughs by the terrific electric, rain and wind storm of last night. The tannery of the DeGreising Company, in Montrose avenue, in Williamsburg, was struck by lightning and caught fire. The loss was $20,000.

A bolt was seen to strike the Woolworth building, the tallest structure in the city, but it did no harm.

Coney Island suffered heavily. Many small craft were blown about in Gravesend bay. Off Arverne, four men drifted helplessly for an hour in a sloop and were finally driven ashore. The vessel capsized and they had to swim for their lives.

A bolt hit the steamship France, of the French line, as she was coming into Quarantine and knocked down and stunned seven sailors. The passengers were thrown into a panic.

PHILADELPHIA VISITED BY STORM OF GREAT FURY

PHILADELPHIA, June 21.—An unusual thunderstorm preceded by wind of great velocity and accompanied by a tremendous downpour of rain visited this city for a few minutes last night after inflicting death and destruction to property throughout eastern Pennsylvania.

Wire service for several hours was practically at a standstill. Considerable damage was also done in southern New Jersey and Delaware.

Paul Smith, 14 years old, was blown out of a cherry tree in Pottsville and instantly killed.