New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-07-25
TERRIFIC FAIL STORM.

From The Essex Is. J Register
On Saturday last abou; ! clock f. H. we had one OF
those heavy showers of rain which can ony be described
by saying that the clouds precPtaied the n7iv-s IN
mass upon the earth Our streets aud roads for few
minutes were converted into fvulets and upon tbs
subsidrg of the waters, deep g1sys appeared IN all
dire cons. About two hours after, dark snd Sowing
couos gathered in the West, threatening more dis
astrous elects aud soon the storm burst with Jury
exceeding the worst auticipstions The wind RACED
with ulSonied violence accompanied with ae-
yasating storm Of hail The ira X OF tins icy Visitation
extended over space eight nine miles in length oy
from one 10 three miles in width comprising m ire than
hy farms and including within s r.ASe tue villages oil
Balevile Pleasant Valley, Ws'hingonvle ana Lafayette
The first farm which sustained considerable damage
from the ha that OF the ~idoR Snabe rutei or tle
northwest extreme of Ne@ton tOwnship Passing then -
in souiheasterly direction, swept onward to Lafayette
where il br4nched of into two dsiuct tracks, On- term
Mating at j NJ COxS farm, near Monroe and the Otner
passing the At. las they are c.ed aud only losing
It's force when il reached Pmpe It'll aesr sparta.
The bail stones which varied 10 b4lk from The sza OF
peas and hickory nuts 10 the dimensions OF eggs Tell
thick ana fast; and assisted the WORK OF destruction
by the fierce tornado which wh-d them through the air.
Fences we're blown down, trees uproot d. the growing
crops of corn oats buck wheat a. were cut to pisces
ana swept away ike chat Hundreds OF acres OF cora
and oats were utterly destroyed considerable qlao'
thy of grain out in shock scattered aud destroyed
one farmer robert Lewis, of Pleasant valley MA
the product Of nearly twenty scrcs exposed when MS
hands were Just wing a. when the tempest sTeptt 10
destruction His two teams struck by the hail stones took
fright snd sway breaking the wagons and nunag Sc
yerely but not fatally BOY who Was drvig The horses
were suhurt The NindoE glass of every house within
of the storm the most part demo ishei
many of the roofs damaged and other injuries inflicted
Poultry, birds rabbits &c, sed by the pless pet
ipgs If the hal AID, strange AMI incredible as II may SEEM
learn that two exposed 10 tbs storm iel victims 10
the icy yOeys which they encountered Those who were
on the the field describe the pstngs OF tue al
a. b.nUnbiDg and partially supplying them every one,
however that hsve beard OF sought shelter soon ss
po,sbl- having Ia TIE effects of pr0ra ted
humping Some idea OF the quantity lus discharged by
the cUuos may be formed ir"m the fact that after tue
storm i; lay IN the ravines gulvys and by the SIS
stone fences about foot depth Ia tbs goods gay
at portions Of the large Jumps Of hal were found
Dissolved.
The farmers who were the victims OF this severe vista
tiou estimate their sses 81 from 500 10 Sl2O0 EACH
which with the oAmsge sustained IN the several villages
above mentioned warrants IN ststog the Aggregate loss
AZ from $50 600 20 $4,000 We intended 10 give The
Of all whose property injured OF DESTROYED with sPe
ca descriptions OF the damage sustained by each bat
upQn attempting this task found that nohins IKE &C
cur.cy q ud be- attained and we renqlsh-d H. We are
,roro 10 Az that all involved this dis aster met the in
hctcn ke men Of fOutude and that they eaca ana AL
with the enterprise AId activity characteristic OF American
sens promp pity applied themselves 70 repN'auon ..
damages Before the Set Monday evening seN7r~i
helds which hsd been dsrobsd of their Vegetson "e'e
seeded down IN buck wheat and the scattered fencing COL
cted restored to its proper position La four hours
after The Storm the stock Of window ass IN lafayette anu
Neston all purchased and the stores III brancnvns
and nterms date places also sOoA exhausted Oh th
material by the heavy demand.
Never snce the settlement OF Sussex County has 80 er
teDsive q calamity befslen her citizens Violent hal
storms have damaged her crops but never 50
rremediably BY this visitation large scope OF fertile
land was stripped ~ completely Of it's thrifty burden rs
hostile army had passed r. pulling up BY the roots
the corn oats. 40. and uamping the wsving helds Of
rsss into the earth Saturday tho 10th day OF July 1883
w be long remembered the most disastrous epoch In
our history.