The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-08-10
STORMS In THE WEST.
Terrific Hail Storm in
Omaha.
Big NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Smashed and
Fences Broken Down.
TORNADO IN ILLINOIS.
Cheerful Crop Reports After the
Deluge.
IRON the Omaha (Ncb.) Herald, Augu.. 81


At three o'clock yesterday morning our city was Wis.,
tied by the biggest hail witnessed in this
locality The hail also accompanied by n heavy
wind Storm and for about half an hour the rain fell in
Great branches were torn from trees and
flying through the air. while all sorts Of articles sud
denly appeared be endowed with life and went skip
ping about in a very brisk manner. Poultry were
skinned up and in many instances killed outright, and
cattle and other farm stock out in the suburbs dashed
frantcaly for shelter The storm was so sudden and
violent that had it occurred in the day time, with our
streets ned with people, there would doubtless have
been many OF our people seriously manned
The damage done to windows, trees gardens conser
vatories, &c, in the city and Immediately adjacent is
very great The main force of the storm came upon
buildings facing to the north and general thing all
windows in buildings thus situated, where they were
unprotected with shutters were completely smashed
in many instances not single pane being left unin-
jured
The High School had go windows broken; the North
School lost 90; South School, ST. and the West School,
Is. Total, 423
Creighton block lost five OF its large plate glass panes
on the lower story and large number OF the upper
windows were broken.
The glass in the front of Sheeey's meat market on
Douglas street was broken and even the heavy sash
was demolished.
The windows in the upper stories Of Cummings
store Douglas street, shivercd.
HepnOicdn
Aliens auction house, the Omaha National Bank-in
short, every establishment in the Caldwell block, was
damaged moro less There are no less than 400 panes
broken in this block.
The Union Pacific headquarters building is out some
$50 panes Of glass The company have lost not less
than TO- 900 panes in all
n |. ID. Solomon is sufferer to the extent of OF
his $3.50 panes in the front of his store
The Central Block badly pcppered in addition
TO several hundred broken panes in the upper stories
number of large plate glass fronts were smashed
The Grand Central had about seventy five panes on
no hrob mo n ola tba
first floor, IN front of the Western Union Telegraph
office
The Herald Office is loser 10 the extent a one pane in
the counting room 'front.' costing $50, and several win
dows in the second story.
Goodrch's toy store is damaged 5000 WORTH Snyder
about the same and Clark Warden have to mourn the
loss of one Of their large French plates.
The Deaf and Dumb Institutes loss is $780, the Metro
polan Hotel has $50 lights out; the Pacific House. 100;
Martins building, 50 Iatey's, 80; Redhcld's, 100;
Edwards building, 255; Court House, 40; City Hall, So
Driscoll the architect lost 53 lights of his resi-
dence and u at his Office Charles Hall had 80 broken
at his residence and says there many broken
at the foundry that he did not stop count them and
Captain Budd, who lives in Armstrong; addition, had
nearly every window in his house broken
Eatons photograph gallery was compelled to suspend
business for while yesterday morning while Eaton and
his assistants baed out the water in the rooms and
gathered up the bits of glass which had formerly done
duty u skylght.
Ryan's conservatory, on Farnham street. was com
plctcly riddcd.
The Post ONCE building was damaged very little
At the Union Pacific depot the ground glass in tho
roof strong enough to bear the weight Of man,
broken in several places.
sheriff Burey lost thirteen large panes in his resi-
dcnce.
The foregoing but few instances of hundreds
and even thousands
IN THE SUBURBS
much injury done market gardens fruit trees and
crops.
Ryan & Co, who have n splendid nursery on the DR..
Lowe farm, two miles Of the city, had green
houses containing 800 feet of glass EACH and Of
5000 feet entirely destroyed in addition to the damage
done their trees and vegetables.
In North Omaha tho residents heavy sufferers there
being scarcely family in that portion OF the city
which has not been damaged to a considerable extent.
The storm, however, did not reach to the barracks.
SCENES INCIDENTS.
Coming up though IL did in the dead hour of night the
Storm nevertheless sufficiently violent at the
make its presence known to the sleeping city,
and there n striking of lights and swift hur-
ryng to and fro Of citizens, intent saving far
possible odds and ends which had been left unshcl-
tered upon retiring the night before closing shutters
putting down appraised SASH In many parties
rushed out Of doors ay afred, and several instances
reported where said parties were seriously hurt by
the falling hail
In the northern part Of the city the people say that
upon all haistoncs being melted good sized rocks
discovered embedded therein As to the size of the hail
stones which fell there are many wild stories told Our
reporter heard of which said to be- eleven
inches and scvcncghths in length and the other an
foot ono gentleman hastily gathered up three hail
stones by chance making search for large specimens,
and these he found upon careful measurement to be Of
the following dimcnsions:-No l was three inches in
length and two and quarter in diameter; No.
three and half inches in length, by two and half in
diameter while No was four inches in length by two
In the midst of the storm the fire alarm bell was
rung number OF times by the electricity which
in the air, and finally the wire burned in two
engine house No. /, in North Omaha
Tho total loss in this brief hafhour of frozen rain will
probably amount to $35, 600.
Dispatches from ncichboring points state that the
storm did do much damage the growing crops
IL seems to have spent its force in Omaha and immo
date vicinity
CHEERFUL CROP REPORTS FROM THE WEST
ACCOUNTS OF LOSSES MUCH EXAGGERATED.
Tho following among the cheerful headings given
to late reports concerning the crops-snce the great
foods Of few weeks ago-by some OF our Southern
changes:-
From the Kansas City Times, August 6
Fairly Booming-Grand Effect OF Steady Pleasant
Weather upon all Glasses Of People and Glorious Out
look-latc Reports from all Sections Of Wheat Bur
dcncd Kansas Tell Story Most Exharating-Dam
age Grain by Recent Rains very Largely Exagger
atcd as 100, 900 Bushels Cover AL
From the Omaha (Ncb) Herald August
The Farmers in tho Midst of a Bountifu Harvcst-Corn
Growing Finely and Promises Wcll-The Yield of
Small Grain viii be ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS from All Sec
tons Of the State Very Encouraging