The New York herald., 1851-08-22

from the ConcOrd IN. HI KAtri0t, aug. ~
On Wednesday afternoon of last week, IN oJt de-
structve hail storm, accom- piaed by thu idr al
ghti ing, occurred ia portiols OF this State, wicd
exceeded in violence any one remembered by tn,
oldest inhabitant. Hail stones of unequaled sizs
fell in great quantities in many PLACES, and being
accompanied with violent vino, did grea. dan N age
10 crops, fruit trees, houses &, We have accounts
of its ravages from different sections, co eaciny
at Warren and vicinity In the North In tina. to va
We are informet the storm continued foe halt an
hour, and the ground was waite With Jumps OF ice
Great daa mage was done to crops in that region IL
is stated that the hail stones came do va with such
force that they actually penetrated completely
through the turf in the mos grovn laais. @ ie
lump was picked up AID found to wei "a twsnty
ounces, another Seventeen, aad aaotaer foarteel.
Twelve Jumps were picked up waicl, tossthsr,
We ghed seven pounds seven tuaces W. next hslr
of iI in Danbury, Wilmot, and Anloyer. where h al
fell in heaps, many Of the stones being as large n;
goose eggs, doing much damage to crops In Sails
bury the storm appears TO have been still ter
rifle and dest .uctve. passing directly the S)uth
village, and almost literally sweeping everything
before it. letter from genslemAa of that vii
age sta es that whole fields Of corn and grain
er tirely destroyed, fruit trees broken down and
ruined, gardens totally destroyed, and an i'm nenss
quantity Of glass broken. He had l65 pinss Of
gass broken in his house, and some OF his neigh
bCrs had from 200 to 700 each. lie says" Many
of the masses OF ice measured 8, s. 10 an1 III nch,,
in circumference, and they fell 80 fast and so loag
that the ground looked as white almost as in win
ter. At sunset you might have shoveed u o hail
stones b, the bushel in my yard, and many of them
more u an an inch in diameter, and that six hours
after the shower" The storm exte nded about FIVE
miles east and west at that point, doing immense
injury In its whole course
The storm passed down through West Bos,awen
and over the village Of Baskerville, but was there
accompanied by but little wind ad did less damage
seven inches in circumference. At that point sthe
tornado appears to have crossed the Merlin ack (or
no hail fell in this village) into Canterbury and the
eastery part of this wn, where it made sad hayo,
l. Al. 1ctk O. H.. -
large size, and in abundance, fell, and where the
wind had "a fair sweep" cornGelds we're aim ost
tirely cut down. Thence it passed over Suncook
village. in Pembroke, where considerable injury
was done. A coz was there killed by lightning In
Bow, Allenstown, and Hooksett, the storm was
equally severe, doing much damage to crops trees,
and houses In the latter town it is stated to have
extended over tract Of only about mile in width,
including the village, and that hailstones fell nearly
rs large as n mans fist Below that We have not
heard Of any damage from hail, if any fell. The
thunder and Lightning which accom- panied this
storm was indeed, terrific, and the rain fell in tor
rents where II was not in . frozen state. We hear
of damage from lightning in various places. A man
was killed in Hopkinton, as We have stated in an
ner, was struck, but not much injured, and no one
was hurt tree in this village was struck; the
barn of Josiah Robinson, in Exeter, struck and
destroyed, full Of hay.
From the Chicago (li) Journal Aug. 1sJ
On saturday evening last, this city was visited
by one Of the mos. terrific thunder storms ever
known in this region ince Chicago became out
post. At eight o'clock, the foremast the schooner
Palmetto, ying in the river, struck by ghtnng,
and in less than balf an hour after. the manmast
of the Wilcox, lying at the foot of Dearborn street,
shivered IL is little remarkable that vessel
met with similar visitation tive years since, while
lying at the same spot. The bark Enterprise, lying
in the South Branch, was also struck, but not
materially injured. A new building on the North
Side was struck, and unfinished house at the
corner of Monroe and Clark streets, belonging to
Il xresst hA c.thfs Ant
gided down the cornerposts, actually roofing them
out, splitting doorcasings, an flushed operations
by setting FIRE to the building, which, no vever, the
torrents Of rain speedily extinguished. The st,rm,
: We learn, passed over wide extent of country,
but rs yet we have heard Of no loss of life and no
considerable destruction Of property.