The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1869-04-24
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Sunday Was aboat thssainisst md hailsomest
day Ne sver sawi.. Ottawa, Hstwssa 4 o,cloek
II The nc1ing a n oeloeA ut niSht ~ had
four thnndsntsans M ~ sssonpeni,.srt : ~
rain md hail n Slsh ,,1kS Hsss occurred sbops
daybreak There w. san6aststs dss6sns4icni Of
heavens artillery. with light fall Of rain and
hail. Thsn The aryssW&.sa asdnnrhyawith
an occasional glesm Of snaahine, ,pntil ,betxee.
4 and O'Clock p. n About this time. bl.oL
thrs'ss'n'i.s - els;A%E ssdsa hy fishrH+a, asd
acccmrsnksa VIA Stsstiia6ts p1y u n htsiIe
and rolls Of thppasF, appsoaehsd fsemthe ,outh.
west, and spilled their contents upon Ottawa for
the next hour or tws II seemed q u VI n
never seen wstYC peyrsd from tAssly vithsa a
more perfect abandon, sadwith it was mixed q
dsafsnirg elstHssf Aailstonss almost drovpnisg n i
the continuous defamation overhead. OF course
not only the street gutter, but the streets them.
selves, ran rivers BY seven the storm had ceas.
ed' and the more piously or boldly inolined ven.
tured to church They had occasion to repent of
their temerity, whether they did Of their sins or
not; for about the time the churches let ont. We
had repetition Of the afternoons entertainment
The water aid hailstones seemed again to be
poured out With reckless prefusion;n the heavens
were continuous blaze Of sheet and chain light.
ming, snd the thunders rolled in unbroken Sue.
cession. This storm ceased about II o'clock. but
was again repeated between IL and / O'clock
Monday morning, with an additional fall Of hail.
accompanied, as before, with furious gale Of
wind. 5s1fs ses s7 fAassss srsts - io ygk
We learn, however, Of no serious damage any. W.
where in the city. The largest hailstonss ' We
sav were less than an inch in diameter. About
forty lights in the roof Of Judge Catons green.
house, on the bluff, which wa. peculiarly ex-
posed, were dsmolished, and few on the south
side OF his house, but in the city We hear Of but
an occasional pane being broken. A few houses
m the suburbs were struck by lightning, but no
serious damage done. ~ 49,. ,,.,.,-. -,
The rain fall from Sunday to Monday morn
ing, we are told, was nearly eight inches Both
rivers at this place have r,sen rapidly, and are
now higher than at any other time within a
year. Feoak
ELSEWHERE. u1e3
The storm seems to have gathered south a. far
q Alabama, and TO have moved northward, GOV.
sriag belt some 800 miles in width. At NASH
vile, Tenn, houses were unroofsd, and in the
vicinity fences and forest trsss blown dswn. At
Louisville it was equally severe, and sonsidera-
bic damage was done BY washing u the railroads
south of that city. At neither of these cities is
there any mention Of hail.
At q. Louis the storm was less severe on Sum
day than at sbout aoen on Monday The dam
age BY lightning, wind and hail on Monday,
however, was quite severe. The Board Of Trade
building was struck while the Board was in ses-
don. though no ono was injured. The damage
70 window glass aloas, throughout the city, is
estinatsd at $saO00.
In n1aeoupin county, ths dispa4cAs ay, hail
Stones i'll dx inshss in eircumSsrsnes, and an
windews o. The south dds. ef houssa were
dercaiahsd. Grsat daalaea, alss, ~ doas 70
fruit tzsss b Knocking - ths buda
AtSlting6Sd Jaekscavflls, Bloomington, and
iffdssd throughout Csntral Illinois, the storm
sesms 10 have ben ssvsrest There Il no end Of
~ number of barns unroofed, weak houses
blown down and windsw ". asmslishsd AZ
Bloominston the large new Roman Catholic
Church, still uaAniahsd, v,s totally demolished.
The building was Of bgick. ''''''ai !As . 'asl'
At 1ndianasoab ths Csatal Freight Depot
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There are traces Of the storm, = hr north a.
adisoa, via, - also in Norshwestssn Canada,
bat II seems TO have raged With il most dsstrac-
tve fury IN the bait Of latitude tson 8. Loais
70 Bloomington. - .,.g