STORM WRECKS PART OF THE NEW BRIDGE; Lightning Bolt Hits Section of Blackwell's Island Span and Wind Brings It Down. CHURCH AND HOSPITAL HIT Brooklyn Worshippers Rush to Street and Pray -- Patients in a Panic -- Traffic on Many Lines Held Up. FENCE FALLS AT BALL PARK. 100 Feet of Timber Crashes Down at American League Grounds.

Just before and after 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon New York and all the country surrounding it had a severe electrical storm, along with wind and rain. The storm swept over Long Island, paid its respects to Manhattan Island, and left its marks on New Jersey. Steeples and flagpoles and other high things attracted the lightning, and it destroyed some of them. View Full Article in Timesmachine »