The New Hampshire Gazette

THE WEATHER.

At no period, within our recollection, has thunder, lightning, heavy rain, or fine showers been more frequent, than at the present. On Wednesday afternoon, a small cloud, which gathered in a moment, hung very low, and passed off very rapidly, discharged a column of electric fluid, in various directions. It entered a house in Daniel-street, the property of John S. Sherburne, Esq. and ran from the roof to the ground floor, ripping the walls, shingles, clapboards, &c. all away. On the second story, a set of iron curtain rods gave it new energies. As the column passed off, a woman with her infant was standing within 2 feet of the fluid, herself and babe appeared to be enveloped in flame, but it happily did no other damage, than cutting the stitches of the sole of her shoe, and lightly burning her foot. The infant received a small splinter of a shingle in its forehead, but sustained no other damage. The same afternoon Mr. Tobias Walker's house was struck supposed by means of having the lightning wire connected with and passing through the top of one of the chamber windows, it happily did no other damage than throwing down a pewter basin from the drawers, and leaving marks on the same as though touched with a hot iron. A large tree was also shivered to pieces near Mr. Call's dwelling house, a large hog in a sty adjacent immediately struck dead on the spot. On Thursday afternoon another thunder storm arose, accompanied by heavy wind and followed by torrents of rain. A young man was knocked down and deprived of his speech for many hours, but is likely to do well. At Piscataqua Bridge the storm was peculiarly severe but did no material injury. Friday afternoon, appearances much the same: but the thundering and lightning were trivial. Accounts from every part of the Union are filled with details of similar scenes and the loss in lives and property, has been immense throughout the Union.