New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-02
not perhaps be interesting 10 most newspaper readers
. very ahs,ruse and someshAi Lengthy
TIL IA1E HAIL Story.

TIE LATE HAIL sToRE.
Nofior q tho Rs Stors, '1eA gl'a orer Her Tors o.
u, III q yrls 1853. BY Prof LooH.
On the ia al JAW l-f3 very remrksblA haii storm
pa. ed over the city Of New York The day had been IN
op monty no, and sury the Thermometer hsving rsen u
90 d,s,., and the ar beloved 20 contain an unusuA
-, 7, ~ vapor A little before o'clock in tbs after
roon sesvy bisck cloud observed TO ri-e in me
rorih vest The wind At the time eio F n derA'ey Eo
~. north esst ard subse neatly from the east
A. b- 81, nc advances AID covers the nnrh Eesteru SKY
l- II was sil in The SUN east numerous str-sks
-, - rgh,euii app-SreG 20 ssu- from the iront n ar
- -. sIou6 mo dec. ud.d tnEsrd the earth ! no
c,o h, approach Of the storm from ny ogingsn hiSn
i within = quarter 4 ml- % the ni'-rriy Aorlt
o'clock the wind strong Tc ne norm Ees ano '1S
-, ,,p,.d down IN torrents Presently heard loud
hmm upon the roof Of The opposite holse-soon anoh'r
tluu t-sId . seIiy n &c and fourth was not long
IT, oiscov ers that tue boise was produced oy the AL vi
hail s,fr4. o sze such had before inspected
H., were N but their average size Vas little
less than thG; OF hrus Egg and one OF tFo an pei
.usded v-re fully large my hi lhey almost nv.
ably hroke on striking pavement 50 that could not
secure either those So De. except IN iaS-ns
sro r,reoyer The rain falling in torrents that
woue net have been pleasant 10 have ventared mo tne
street "a lick them Up however hasenrd 70 th- y-rd
in TIE rear Of the hoping 10 nbd some upon me
grsss which had Dot been broken 10 me i,'i A7, we
rain had eary subsdsd, We found several han1ius OF
hail stone. Of good though altogether Inferior 10 those
which ssw IL tie street -,
Tf, n.raiy consisted Of very transparent and sOhd
ice With many bubbles but they were MT pongy 10
The c,Ier ar they -omeinss fund HAL stones some
times which appear 10 be little NOR thAn pretty
compact sLOVD. II pIrrrLs he a-D1f --iN -'-
lof Of this kDo The large stones hoseV-r' sen-'A!
Consisted Of AID irregular ssseu bge OF angular pieces OF
ICE. winch, Individually, do not mucn exceed tn- z- u
h4zel uuibui they we're eemenied very u'ihy 'yZ-'u
Inc ID there appearance OF seams or luts %
~ EEL iho.e indIyiCua pOroDs-Out the Ice Vas lsy
sfro throughout every part Of The Whole mass Ihsr
,tru,ure therefore did not nClcste tbt s-'-'A shAl
han were separately formed, snd were suos 5bty
together but r-th-r that al were formed si 1t
ia,Ously ab VI Common nucleus Several P7 sons 'nl7
,-no,uv and without coDcerr, suggested that the coz
oiners res-moed rock candy, 4no tbs comparison
al D. aIto "a BE- very JGst one There Is aela-1
appeal 4 tendency 10 cTysstz.t0n Inns '-uprny
as IL many toward plrsnd form Ia DINERS 'hry
bare r.sen. bsIce 10 b. IagoDa pr and 10 s1me It
.ppeareo 10 tie tebceLcy sSstOSaro cuocA iorm-
tfot 3D. IT, an ali much ROUNDED oy the melt
II { OF the ioe & 9 Ao i.c sDy complete cubes
several Of he stones which We picked up ~ me yard
measured two inches l"rg and on. Measured over tF'
irohes sno halt. Iho'e lad been lying several moments
In warm. dr-ncting rain AID 4 IS my fuu CONVICTION
that TWO q three those which sar fall IN the street,
1ef. three bait inches long ny twoshd hH lncn7s
xio+ and fey dd not appear deyi.e mlcn rom Tue
rod Il. IRE A rend Of mine, Sto u ~ profession
srnp,r .no vho -sw asc handed the haspn--, ~ my
reeues skech OF the most rem4Tkaoe OF those We
ne rain accornpaI led ~ thunder and lightning
,u.o 10Y 1 or =, hi hours, when + viusnfe somewhat
at,ieo II r-;bTn-a sgAin With renew ed energy out soon
erp ard entirely ceased Aup'her, out more moderate,
,s, followed h4f hour later yet -ith " eitn-r ha
II lightning Ihr about the ~ IRE i'ofh ''Hu ua4
bov ,ifh coI-id-sab- force, bot not wfh destructive
ve.uce T. that p-t Of ib= cry which II south west OF the
UIi,,ry aid IN The lower part 81 the city mere Was III
upper part Of the city however ia ih4 n-ghbor
booo # F.tsl Palace, th- VIVID bic. With destructive
,.oi.uc- h.b BRICK al blown 1T % the .r"and;
\ hl,cs Of four build nt- mt entirely 60 no-tec
WIS prosrateo, s~ng Of the Irysl F"le "4s blown
down th tail oi han Fas htavy ana consdtr"n7 gas
in the Cry-al Palace il the bud IS IN Il, vicinity
b'oteD. ,-,.-.-
NAL, s.v4re Several Buildings and trees IN NrS srk
aIO NLlau sburgn stfu by the -l'cflc huo ana
one ~ INO barns were burned ." tbe ground
have succe, dtG il tracing tbs storm for dt 'ncs oil
fail tUeIfs five liz nod about ~ thirds oi th- distance
have n0sec tre ira PERSONAL on foot he portion
Of ,Le track Which have n, sci survey 3D. commences
about a nie and hal s0uhwrst OF P-t5fsoh' } ron
Which poilt "a pro, eeds III su heat lire ton posing
oy H.. villa. # AoQasck sDnLck, togshsi Hth ih- cities
OF New York ana = iamsbureh. ard c"m THIS P"ni ne
I'm can h. traced with diminished energy Jamaica
Paw Near terson the wind ID brieved 90 have 7r-n
more violent thar shy part Of the above mentioned
track Whtre swept thr, ugh the forest many i'r5e
t-.s of from feet in diameter overturned
while ether mapped III aud twisted Ike 'etds lis
ren srk applies distance of about three or four niles
from the commence ueDt near P~i-rs In tue ne'gn0r
looc If AcQuat ksnOn few tres were oV-l'u'h7 oI
| Mt lave numu-r East If Arquackanouck Inc htca
Oh ro,s. II !aCkeTss,k Meadows sh-r- me gr una
= l erc Cat and there sre 10 trees be overturned
ave- obtained 10 inf alton ct the wind upon the high
ridge on The bank If the ucs'n RIVER out lh- rnre
leu,tb OF the track NeS York vas msr~ed oy De
sisLoive violence, espeGtly III the vicinity q he
Palace This rrg;ou MAS exposed Ino', because j W.
mo et vareo Having the Eas, kv.r tn storm
pssso centrally over Wlamsbufgh where II c'u>-d M re
Damage TIA 10 il any other par. OF rs course Tie step-s
ot iW0 Clur.b,s THE Fust Presbyterian aud he plCu
were blown Gown the Of &c ihrd Cnurch VS. partially
blown % the roofs # large number OF dwelling u'-s
~ere GAINED ay tie lin from TO- IS rolled up IN long
coils ana H. some ca,-s carried OF while IN others II
dung 10 ID. roofs and lei. after the storm IN long mass
/ i've vindrows ,.,. .
nj e. and halt or two mics TIE devastation wi- grr a
,st whore tn. track widest Beyond "hiamspursn
tie VIII W., destructive, and the track became broad
Ell and less distinctly defined. ~
The # m in il ,-,age from Paterson 20 Wamsoursh
destroyed nearly ali the unb.rv-sied gran che'rie''
p.achcs apples etc within the Ii nis of the trsek
/ here obliged to omit many interesting detAis
/ for want OF space
Froma COMPARISON Of al the facts conclude that the
wind in this storm blew frs; from the nth east ad mat
this current wis succeeded by sncrth and pr IMPLY oy
ID nh vert We ud that large tree sas pr sra
t.c with Us top towards point = ~ deg W upon u a.
another large with It's toy > ~ ceg T. hi7f tua
u,se directions correspond nearly with the directions %"
the wind ~hen the tree were Pr'sif~ird An1 "' l a
came fr, IL point ~ dsg t. AID ~s- suee, -d-d Oy
current from y 60 deg " In other cases o interfering
trees the angle crossing :" sDA - 70 cony no
very dituct n formation upon this question An int-iIl
g.,t farmer whose house was close upOn npr,he
usIiu oi the tack shout tour miles ifOm PaefsOI gave
lie following TESTIMONY. lie hr't i0oA r-iis7 t'n n7
hail shed, the south vest siGe o DE o"H tu7
vino then bo~ii from the north east Alter sloll Nh7
tie han b. gaL 10 beat upon b the WIND having Vrsred 70
The north vest sd be obliged 10 seek shelter Oh Le
south ride Of bis bsr 10 10 IS ape tn n' IL
IL also known from the testimony Of eTA iudi .idaas
that the vino in New York easiery upon the t.t aP
prO6,h the storm Upon psri1T tue-e ieifs Il .p
pears 20 that the dir OF the slnd AZ the un- o. rs
reates: violence, from the nor east on tue ROM 81
The storm AID the north vest on ae rra ine Tho-
+ having ~ gressve motion tow I'D the sosih east
IA! Tas ne Cause 81 tie HQI The bail vas caused
by violent upHsId movement OF Tie ar carr! hE AZ X
with II IN Unusual OF v2poE which was suddenly
coIdenseo sid 81 low temp vEAture that "ss Len
u large semi cry siaLine (nAi there Is voleLt
upvAro movement Of the All appears iron Tue ioIo" <
I e1n,ia.rAtons Rev u " AcLsDe. OF WI ansDar. D..
WAS ID the street lis house, aud noiiced TIE coug
Up If the storm lie Gays TIE cloud Fa' very deose 'aa