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lightning lightning-rods piercing from the top of buildings. About 150 yards north eastward from there stands a similar building which was struck the summer previous, containing at the time three cows standing in a row:- the middle cow was struck dead, the outside ones were unharmed.

[[strikethrough]] Last summer the [/strikethrough]] The next case examined was that of the Columbia Engine Hous [[House]] in Market near 34th street. This building had [[strikethrough]] a grand [[/strikethrough]] a flag-staff surmounted with a gilt ball: the staff was supported in its place by three iron rods fastened to an iron band around the staff - said band about 12 feet above the roof. These rods terminated on the roof. The bolt seems to have struck the gilt ball on the top of the staff: from that it passed down to the band and supports, dislocating the staff around and above the band, hurling splinters from several inches to several feet in length in every direction - one slab three feet [[strikethrough]] to [[/strikethrough]] in length was hurled clear across Market Street. One of the iron supports terminated near to the west wall cap-stone bricks, and forced them several inches out of line, and under each of the rods the plastering of the ceiling was struck off inside the building. Next to the Engine House the building has several rods on it, and around the place quite a number of rods are peering above the buildings.

The English Brig Sabilia lying at anchor near Mitchels and Versee's wharf, was struck upon her top-mast which was splintered, from whence it seemingly glanced off into the river.

The Iron and Steel works adjacent have a great quantity of metal in it, but beyond the disturbance of the dust in the works, and the instantaneous flash, with a slight shock to some of