The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-10-02
Tremendous HAT Sierm.


Between three and four o'clock yester
lay afternoon. our city was VISITED by the
everest lali Of hail we ever Witnessed oiI
card abgul. Il was accompanied With high
Siud aud rain. The streets vere LITERAL!
covered with The "iIozen-vapnF We no
iced ste Res ss large as hens egg<, and
many which leil he!qre the olfice.were much
larger. One N pntcnaF was crushed by
he faIl which must have been the ze OF a.
goose erg. The destruction Of window
glass is nnmensc, beyond all calculation );
but not less than l.l2th of the panas in the
public aud private houses Of The city we're
broken.
The storm was severe upon horses and
other auim ais in The streets. We saw them
running in every directon from the wn>
dows. Buggies, wagons, carts, omnibnsses,
aud olhei vehicles were UPSET and broken.
Several hurses were seriously injured in their
efforts 10 escape. We saw one pour animal
making desperate elfolts 10 get into the
TheaiIe Allev.
We anticipate bad news flom the country.
All the fruit upon tho trees-apples, peach
es, etc., is doubtless destroyed in The district
covered by the storm.
! Shingles werG knocked from the rorfs Of
houses; awnings were torn to tatters, signs
deiaced, and other injuries Inflicted upon
our citizens which we have 20 time 10 DC
scribe
/ Mr. Fountain, barber, on Liberty street,
picked up pigeon fIom his pavement which
had been killed by .'hail shot," which took
effect on The top Of the head, and scooped
out the brain &C., as neatly as a surgeon
could have doua the job with instruments
Mr. F. enjoyed luxury al his tea table in
the evening.
/ No doubt immense Numbers of sheep
hogs, fowls, &c, have been killed..
I The Catholic church, west side, is terri.
bly, yiddled. Hardly pane remains whole
The court house seems 10 have escaped with
little or no loss Of glass.
I The window glass and putty business will
DE brisk for some weeks. Putty has riz'
The stones actually went through sheet
iron roofs in various houses Of The city.
! This may seem incredible, but we are assn'
red Of the truth Of the story,
! The Wood street merchants, especially
those on the east side, suffered severe loss
Many Of the monster panes in the show
windows were broken.
I We have heard of number Of trihinp
accidents in which men ard children were
hut, but none mortaly. A driver of q
milk cart was nearly killed in WyIie street,
They do say that many persons said theiI
prayers for the first time.
Bennett, of 'Our House, gathered three
bushels of ice, and last night served up
luxury called The Hail Storm FIe has
some Of the af'ice left for his friends who
call to-day.
\ The Birmingham omnibus was smashed
down in Wood street. The horses ran Off
Passengers on the steamers from below,
say that ten miles down there was no hail
The roofs of some Of the canal and kee
boats were crushed in.
Some persons estimate the total damage.
t $l5 900
There was much excitement in The city
the evening in consequence of the storm
People were running in every direction ma
king inquiries as tn the probable loss, &c
A man from Pine 'creek reports that The
storm was very light there. /, is though
that il was not so heavy in Allegheny city
as on this side.
The telegraph wires were knocked dowr
or deranged between this city and Greens.
burgh.
a hog was killed on 7th street by s,on,
striking aim on the head.
We heard Of many stones which were
weighed and measured. One fell near the
Monongahela House which our informant
says was MS large as a mans head. II was
broken to pieces-one piece being as large
as goose egg. Several weighed sixteen
ounces.
appears the largest stones fell near the
river Pittsburgh Pust.