The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-05-23
The Terrific and Destructive Storm al
Rochester,.

A REvEL OF THE ELEMENTs-wIND, RAIN, HAIL,
THUNDER AND LIGHTNINo-APPEARANC OF rAa
STORM CLoUD-GREAT DAMAGE To PRO PERrY Co.
ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS.
F'oni the Rochester Union and Advertiser, May 21.
Our ty and vicinity was visited yesterday atter.
ioOn DY the most dest1uc I've storm that we rem
Del TO have occurred IN thirty years Inc morn ng
opened bright, the sun snOne clearly, anu tno ar
was az bamy as that of june The general remark
was, "How lovely the day I" About 3P. AZ b ack
G cOuds began TO obscure the southern horizon, and
80 an9 storm burst upon US Inc clouds appeared
rom west to east; and by the time they reacned
IIondoquolt they had spent their iorce rnere was
ram hall, wind, ana lightning. The area of tue
storm was probably five miles square, anu On not
more than halt OF this there much haIl visible
though the storm lasted only twenty minute, the
mated. .'.. 80
The damage is greatest to the nursery interests.
me young budded stock was cut down by the iarAe
hail-stOnes-some as lai 20 as hens eggs-wtthout
mercy while the extensive glass houses ofs
even. IL is probable that one hundred thousand
dollars would not cover the damage to nursery and
greenhouse property IN tins vicinity. Tie destruc.
non Of glass was so general that the article cannot
be replaced IN this market. The storm not only de.
sirOyed glass, but shutters and blinds o tentImes
sweeping through dwellings and making them
Nh0ny untenable
Fortunately we have no loss of life to record.
thOuph many persons were injured. Animals were
beaten and bruised, ana some OF the smaller mes
were slam. Bros were cut down IRON the trees
with the foliage, aud were lying about dead in
every dl1ection. Chickens and geese were ked by
the hail. and cats and labblts lelI before tue dis.
CuhR Rts Vi ICY sleeI from the CLOUDS.
The south portion oil the roof Of the centre tower
oil ST MaIys Hospital was lifted from s tasteninRs
ana tumbled into the street. Large sto4es, loos med
by the umbers, crushed through the flooring.
portion of tue ROOF of the county jail was broken
through by falling chimneys.
st. Mary's and Immaculate Conception Roman
Catnohc) st. Peters (Presby ceran) and the Alex
andeT treet Methods, Church were badly damaged
by winOow glass beng broken. the loss Dy broken
glass IN these churches one will amount to eVeral
hundred dollars.
The windows of the University were broken to the
extent of 5000.
Every house and building situated IN strip OF land
about two miles IN width, commencing at It uary's
hospital on the west side of the river, the Eighth
Ward continuing thence the river in q south.
easlerly direction across the whole of the seventh
ana lMenth NV ards, ana portions of the Fourth,
tlith' sixth, Tenth and Fourteenth Wards, suffered
more or less loss of glass.
Vegetation suffered greatly. Limbs an inch and
even more in diameter were cut off il done with
KNIFE the oung fruit trees stripped from the trees
ana earlV vegetables cut down and destoyed. In
depth. "
The towns of Greece, Gates, Brighton, Ironde.
quot, and PittsOrd suffered Immensely
The roof OF the shoe shop at the penitentiaIY was
entirely taken of and lodged Ia held twenty rods
from the building.
Several vessels were obliged to put INTO Charlotte
for safety, Some OF them had considerable canvas
carried away.
Elwanger & Barry's fine ground. near Mount
Hope received much of the shock OF the Storm aud
the stock was badly cut to pieces Young budded
trees, trees OF one aud two years old, flowers
greenhouses, all were cut down and nearly de
siroyed.
ii ". HOCRcf & co Mr b0ardman, and William
s. Little, and other of the Brighton nurservmen
suffered LARGELY.
The hey greenhouses conducted by Hr SesIye
on Dialn street, were pretty much destroyed, and
the loss is heavy.
rhe loss OF nursery stock is great that it must
affect The value such property for a year or more
to cone, as diminishing the supp
The line private conseryatorIes on East avenue
were left without glass.
The extensive glass manufacturing works OF Wo)d-
worth Co., on Plymouth avenue, were greatly
Damaged, but we have no estlma of the loss sus-
talneu there.
A Mrs williams residiug in the Twelfth Ward
was caught by the wind while walking on the siue-
walk near her residence, and thrown down with suf
fcient violence to break an arm.
top buggy, in VIII ch boy was riding in South
avenue, was overturned and the boy seve ely in
lu o..
here were several funerals on the way TO the
cen eterIes al the cOmmAncem OF the stor m and
horses were frightened and ran away, in many in
stances lDjuring the occupants OF the vehicles they
were drawing. Many narrow escapes from death
are reported
car-drver was Knocked sense'ess by the hail.
and his team started I" run away In fright, but were
checRed by the application of the brakes
In instance little grl had most of her
clothing torn from her body by the storm, Ind her
head and face were so injured as TO bleed freely.
The congregation IN st. Peters Presbyterian
Church were assembled when the storm came on
The church windo VS. were beaten In, and the con-
0regatlon lett their seats and took refuge In part
OF the church which was protected from The storm.
The violence of the storm may be understood
when we state that IN q number of instances the
leather tops OF buggies were cut through and
through the bodies OF the vehicles partly or wholly
filed with hailsoDes, which loaded them down.
Umbrellas were of no more use in this storm than
pieces of tissue paper. Some who happened to have
from the storm; but they were literally riddled BY
the hail.