, 1869-04-22
The GREAT STORM.
Heavy Destruction Of Property by
Hail In 81. Louis.
SSt1rlsyiiid AZ D,tt,tiuuc...A Nun
Killed.
Two Porons Fatally Injured in lulian'
apolia.

At ET. fDEB.

Between and o'clock yesterday afternoon our
city Naa visited by terrific and destructive bail
which llycs noI IL The memory Of tie Oldest inhab.
liant. The ha:l-atonea were, on IN average, about
the size Of marbles. while many OF them were as
Nrfe ful, Is a2ve as bens eggs The hail I'll isli
thick and fast for several minutes, covering the
ground And the nat ho1se-tOpa, breaking windows
anI street lamps beyond enumeration II Is diIlt-
cult to estimate the damage, but 1t can hardly he
less than SlN1,MA.
stones began to tall mingled With heavy shower
OF rain. The trst stones were small ami scatter
ing, but tn minute or two they came down larger
wins 1t an snsc of about 1orfy deeTees. Tho @
wind was h!uw1ng very strong from the Wesf, and
increased 70 almost 4 hurricane. Tue hal now
came down eo thick aud tn such large globes that
the Ely vas darkened aud the air had a milky ap-
rea5ance, as though the whole milky way hal bro
Ken loose and vas dropplng shot upon the ground.
noise, while the wind howlcd aro1ud the house
tops, slammed shutters, wrenehcd signs from their
lencc agutnst the windows. The it,ry Of the storm
dToWnet! the noise Of the breaking ~tndow-panes.
but the fragments Of glass could be seen falling
upon the sidewalks and mingIug with the piles Of
dr7Ited ice globes that rolled. anil bounced, and
danced around like marbles shot from the fingers
Of millions Of elnsh spirits Of the air. The l,atl
shower
The Everett, on Fourth street, between Olive
uni Gur lhe norst Of 1t Of NJ! It's fellows The pro-
prtetur estimates that five hundred ptnes Of Ells
@ Mets sIokeh u us es;ab!!shmeat, anl thtse u.
ciude many IN tne sE.llghts not visible ft0m the
stfeeI;
anu LILY l'ehts we're "1okeh on tile western TX
larnum' ) suffered severely, The Second strcct
front heInR E1lled. About 3op panes Of glass
The Planters, facing the East, escaped severe
atilictson only about m! ranes hclng smashed
ne tea! ~ sle Se Msnas' W rosittl oetMoTn
tne yciuii, H. or 1wn nnnSred nancs of g1asa heioe 70
sne ,iI se''' " t"o uuAo'eo P"aca "a e'A9s petns
Thr 1iu,c s,-cct 1,onsc. m sccond AM, o,,rc
ras TAKEN for stxty o. serenty ,nes ~ 't1a o''e'
119ts yoIher 1 auus an sa nroa at
nf nm m hnu'r.I n1,i n'n.txs,Wn msnes of ,isss
in ,he exposed frunt. unly uine cscane,t t1emu. n
tlon. -,
IIUrsp IN ihe snllthwes. corner or rrna,]Hny and
carr 1utIefr1 cons,ien,hfy. 0A1' "1N
ScarIv all the rropt windows Of the Douctas
1lcu.e On the orpoate corner. were ri,i'!icd.
The Oh, Dresan house. On The northeast corner
If Hrcauway AMI f,anl Vim III ifs ii,,c r1asa
! WA nearly Te,lrytd III ia ynsr nJImIcr e''|'
RI" r. s. intI1rr:a aroSrmx , nranch n, tba
Christian prutbrrs. on Seventh INT, Cnss avenue
sU.;trc,! to iss extent of ahout in irhts
1i,c E,creIt erhoni m EinI,th e,.,r,rHon 0.E,,1op
str,..I nnI t.9sr nyct,,tn ~ asso,t IL Th,s ahnni
nm tnsf .s1af 80 mi ;, ~ ,ha st,1,con,s on mi
nnny Of the scholars were canrh, in it. AMI ..oiy
nnsea sxnre ,ne rsaif ,hnnoh ~. hnar1 ~ non" ~
th..,n ,,enr snrnnsir innrr, w. ~ @0'A - Ao'' W
! ~ IN ~ thc WrhstcT srhn.I hufIno on rwc1fth nn,
M shes sehes % ~ gSs Sn,s eI on sxh arc
| suffered 10 the extent of 10 lfpbts
ali the elegant stained r,nss window Names mn
j the west s',r Of st. Nicholas Church. corner 81
II rnsrnhss Convent. IN TWrnty.thtrIj mi Mar.
! ran. suffered severely III ike manner.
HETkk Tkkc lutheran Ihnfch' m Fiitecnth ami Warrcn
na,t n ~ },ss 1.nnF m ,rve1rth mn, North Mar
| kcf. gut Oh with ~
Tue stunned glass on tue west s!t'e Of y
M:glhc! lnhisll, nol!heasI corner Of Elesehtl
al 'Sllti 49, ~ .. ns,l ~ M nLnn,He. I,1, H.
y ~. nosgpG ., " f-ic'ea'n a''a hlao'e' eoActeo
an1,r I'LL cn1nn inane, ncop,c,s cnurc, o e,,n mn,
Chambers, suffered severely - >''4>
lne THREADS Ao1ncs On tie'cnth nno Norll
r,a n.uh =, Inn .r,o. .r,-o,. ,o,,,,,.,o,
ihe GnuIen 2! tac AngeB suHefco dcmohtlot
o5 tne Naine'l i'khts a' % lfGnt. ..,...
A chapel gu Emily al'i Dcrnafa was tlccar,tate' e
ty thc hurricane Which accompanied tue h''l' I'LL
Several lights Of the elegant stained glass
thTlFi Chlieh wcre pe!ot.a as WIN nune'A ~,
~ rotn ut ~ eG ',t,I,,, ~ .,.a,."a @ Inr,r ,nnrar az
raEage1 OF lne Mor11, rsesensGa nt1s5 rapp.a',1
a,lcc The locality irnn tfeen etsSct M % s!ahH!it
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WIS fi4n,sa ~ W.. ,, tr,,rov 'l, a,rn tho o,,,r
lcngth kllI1rscu severely. FROM SAEI q , .han! !
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