The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-04-19
Thwasler Storm.

IhU0der StUrm.
THE KITY OF YEsTERDAY-vERY DARK HOUE-DA-
MA0k BY LIGHTNING GREAT FALL OF HAIL kC.--
0OCUsAri0N OF vENrs.
Yesterday, shout neon tie heavens became suddcnry
obscured and darkness face Of the city The
gas had to be Lit m the Offices banks stores as e
impossible read transac. any business
great was the obsc Men pascsd ther best friends
at MONDAY without knowing thsm and debtors
der necessity Of sppng aside to avoid their credi.
tors The darkness followed ty the rDuttering
OF thunder in the west and drencAns rain storm
f.ll upon the citr accompanied by vivid shes Of light
nssg and deafening peals Of thunder. THIS continued
Tor an hour, when the again shone ous in clear
sky April fully maintains her repusatios for capri
ciou sness.
The calvary Church building Episcopaig in Pear,
street, between Nasrsu and Concord Streets Brooklyn
was struck by lightning yesterday during the shower
The stroke entered tho roof cupoa ar tearing
mp the dnc extended down the interior o2the badinx
into the basement shisering IN its course ,me cces Of
timber and ripping the plaster from the wsRs yhs ds
mage In considerable
Those VINO astronsmicaly inclined were fsvsred
last night with excellent view Of the eclre Of Venus
by the ''Hesperus that ed the starry hysss'
for time obscured and lost in the Lloons pale
beams, but shortly firth clothed in its u,ua
briancy These occutations, o. sclpses of stars are
by the way Of very frequent Ind,e every
In eighteen and half years ob.cured by the ocn in.
terpoang herself between it tho earth as it takes
that period for the to perform complete Tevoa
aon In her nodes Thus, all the twelve stars Of tho
zodiac-Cancer, Libra, Gemin, sc.--undergo partial
total occuItat;on.
singular Circumstance often n5tped In the scuita
taion of stars, occurred last night. When the moon
approached Venus instead of nntaht centact fol-
lowed by oblteraton OF the star the .tter
n yrQya
a-e Of the moon nearest the earth. This, however
continued but iewssconas This ilcsuaed titas sup
posed by the atmosphere of the which while 1t
reflects the OF thesun sufficiently transparent
allow the star to shine through it.
Thess occuitatons must not be conousded with what
termed transits These when Venus and ksr-
pass between and the sru and the
know t.,t the next transit OF Mercury.
will be on Nov IL, 1861 and Of Venus Dec s. 1874
ons the TS s nns
the hues telescope reared rich harvest from the six
penny astronomers & .ho 2atsenined him; One enthu:i
tes scope, trying to stare right through the
at the missing star, at length withdrew disgust sat
is6ed th swhoe thing was humbug. Tue night co.,
tinues, arthe time Of writing, clear and bright.
EoRAPHIC.
CORNING N. Y, April Is, 1866.
terrible hail storm viz tied ms this morning. and did
much damage. Many Of tbs stones measured nearly
nine ipchesin circumference; and weighed about eight
ounces.
BRocKfcnr, N. Y, April Is. 1856.
We had tremendous hGis storm here this morning,
during which haisones fell weighing fror, two to four
ounces each, and measuring inches in
cumference. was AZ dark night during the prsva-
lence Of the 1torm which lasted fifteen minutes
Mach damage done to windows, &c.
ROCHESTER,, Aprif1S 1855.
At this point, We had thunder, Lightning, and raia
only.
SmAcusE April Is, 1855.
We were vinicd with very hes1y thunder storm this
morning tho rain falling copously accompanied with
hail Some Of the hailstones thaa fell were nearly aa
inoh In diameter.
DosToS, April Is, 1856.
This evening were visited With the arst thunder
shower of the season.