The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-06-01
TIE HAIL STORM ON THE HUDSON.
Damage Done mt PouRhkeepsie and Neigh
b0rhOOd-Ns Lives Lost.

Damage Done mt Poughkeepsie and Neigh
borhOOd-Ns Lives Lost.
POUGHKEEPsIE, May 81, 1871.
The telegraph has not told One-third OF the story
OF the nan storm and tornado on the upper Hudson
yesterday. 1t carried wreck and ruin into every
place it visited and 1t reached all points on both
sides OF the river between Red Hook and hyde
Park. At Kingston and Rondout and even further
back into Ulster county the electric display sur
passed anything OF the kind ever before witnessed
there and brought wildly before the eyes OF all the
awful scene OF last summer, when five men were
Killed outright at Kingston by one stroke OF light
ning. In the morning OF yesterday the weather was
intensely hot, The mercury in the thermometer at
noon marking nlnety-nve in the shade, and then
gather in the West IRON the edges Of which chain
and forked lightning flashed necessarily, While deep
rolls OF tnunuer snooA the eartii. BY one p NJ the
blowing hurricane, tearing up trees by
the roots, Frustrating FENCES, graperes anu
outhouses. Han followed almost Immediately, and
such a hail storm was never witnessed whereabouts
before. The stones were not smaller than hickory
nuts. Chickens and birds were killed, and window
glasses exposed TO the storm were smashed into
Rondout, where about i've hundred children
were congregated, scene occurred which
ngntninQ struck the building and, following
the steam pipe used for heating H. ran into the cellar
and then into the ground. Nearly every child III
the scnool was affected and for an instant seemed
parayZed put recovering filed the air with piercing
SnrlekS, ana rushing ndstly toward tner teachers,
nuddled about them In groups. Many tainted away,
creating sill greater panic. The teachers how
w gres' o. Non 4a one ' Wa n
Jured. In the ucinit, OF the sch0olhouse several
large trees were rent Ia twain ny the electric mud
members OF the family and servant stunned.
Several members OF L. A. Candeld's family were
made temporarily unconscious. In the woods about
Kingston many huge trees, which have withstood
the storms and iempests for forty years, were blown
down or destroyed by lightning. AT Rondout Divi-
sion street was hooded ana down II noated barrels,
bales kegs, &c, the river. Cellars and stores
were inundated and roadways torn up. The sewers
became choked and therefore made the food much
more DISASTROUS All around the village trees and
or beaten down. and summer houses wrecked.
the gas works were hooded for awhile, but the low
erng OF the water in a pond from which the food
came ended that difficulty. Wniie the water was
rushing down HasDrouck avenue with fearful
velocity little girl was caught by tue stream and
was standing. some men hurried TO her and saved
her from drowning. A number OF vessels in
and collidng with the steamboat Baltic seriously
damaged that vessel The tornado struck the
steep Rock,n and blew her smoKestack and
part OF her top work overheard, one OF
The deck hands narrowly escaping death.
The steamboat AUSTIN having large number %:
boats IN tow ran into the storm OH Barrytown.
The first blast OF wind tore her smokestacs loose
and blew 1t overheard, the boat narrowly escaping
from fire. There was one very miraculous escape
from death at Rondout. MRS. Tnomas weed was
leaning from the front window OF her residence,
when a iearlully loud and startling peal OF thunder
shook The earth, aud simultaneously everybody In
the vicinity was blinded with lightning. The mud
descended upon Mrs Weeds house on the
side, splitting open the easement OF the
her chignon from her head, aud, scatter
ing hair and halrpns In every direction,
continued on its way through the cellar ana then
into the back yard, where II shivered plank walk
TO atoms and disappeared into the ground. Mrs.
Weed, though stunned. was unhurt
The tower or the Episcopal church at Kingston,
was struck BY lightning, but the edlfce proper was
aninjued During the storm the Rlunepecs ferry
boat was compelled 10 ''lay TO- In the mude OF the
river, ana the passengers were much frightened.
ON the east shore at RhinebccK the storm was
also terrific. Between that place aud Barry
town the poles OF the Atlantic and Pacific telegraph
line were shattered by lightning and hailstones
ACkerrs barn and milk houses, east OF the village,
were blown down, aud q man named Trayer haa
nearly 200 panes OF glass broken on his premises.
scores oil trees were struck by lightning. some OF
those at Jacob Irenpers were torn up by the roots
ana wniried away. Acres upoa acres OF rye and
Gals have been destroyed, both IN Ulster ana
Duchess counties, and scores OF strawberry
patches were ruined. The reports above
cude only Rondout, Kingston and Rhine.
beck The interior country Is yet 10 be heard
IRON. There H. no doubt. however that the storm
has devastated hundreds OF acres Vi gram and that
irni has also suffered severely How far II extended
East am unable 10 state, but 1t IL a tact mat IL
SAINT Valley aud other places were visited. Road
ways were iurrowed, guliied or washed awaJ feuces
torn down ana thinner destroyed There has, now
ever one good resulted and that Is the ram has
tlngulsheu the mountain nres. which had broken
out anew. and were naugurating another series OF
damages.