The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-07-18
m.n.tone. OF Immen size.

WATERFOWL, n. r., July H.
The losses by the furious hailstorm
that swept over Rodman, Green Set
tiement, Adams Centre, aud the adj
%jacept region on Tuesday, foot up to
$500. 600. This is principally suf-
fered by farmers, many of whom are
ruined. A gentleman who was in
Adams Centre during the storm de
scribes the scene as having been ter
rible. The storm came from the
southwest. Hail fell for thirty
minutes in vast quantities. The
stones were of enormous size, some
of them weighing half a pound, and
measuring nine inches in %cireumfer-
ence. They covered the ground
nearly a foot deep. Many persons
who were caught 10 the storm were
badly injured before they could find
shelter. One man was driving q
team neal the village, and was so
badly hurt before he could leave his
wagon and crawl in under q bridge
that be CHANGED to be crossing that it
was feared be would die. A young
man named Green was hit in the
head by one Of the hailstones, in
reaching out OF his door to secure a
large one that had fallen near, and
was rendered unconscious. Some of
the hailstones were sharp, square
pieces of ice, some as large ass by 4
inches. Horses and cattle were Xxi IL.
ed in the fields, and growing crops,
orchards, and gardens utterly ruined
for miles. Washburn's Hotel, Alsop
Block, and Hunserford Collegiate In
stitute were damaged to the amount
of several thousand dollars. Expen-
sive memorial windows in the church
at Adams were destroyed. Not less
than 10000 panes of glass were
broken 10 the place. The principal
losers by the storm in Adams Gen.
tire and Green Settlement are We'll
come Clark, Wasbburn Brothers,
Evan Griffith, Garret Bruce, Martin
bearing, w. Jumay, John Smith,
NJ. d. Bruce, George Green, Adno
Green, Charles Green, Giles Parker,
A. Campbell, G. Converse, Horace
Green, Isaac Kellogg, A. Babcock,
A. Coates.
The damage 10 Adams and vicini-
ty is $50, 600 After the storm it
took al hour to clear the sidewalks
aud streets Of the accumulation of
hailstones. The village presented an
appearance of the utmost ruin. Bran
ches of trees filed yards and streets,
dead chickens, geese, pigs, and dogs
were strewn on every side, and every
vestige Of vegetation vas destroyed.
The little village of Green Settlement
was almost demolished, and great
suffering exis.es among the people.
For FIVE miles around the complete
ness Of the ruin presents itself.
At Rodman the storm of hail las
ted II minutes, and was then follow
ed by a deluging rain which lasted as
long. a scene similar to that at Adj
ans followed-ruin aud desolation on
every hand. The damage is $780,
900 in Rodman. The storm there,
although occurring simultaneously
with that at Adams, seems to have
been distinct from it, as it came from
the southwest, while the Adams wis.,
was from the northwest. The
principal losers at Rodman are Z. l..
A. u. Smith. Chauncy
Lawton, Martin Waite, b. f. Hues-
tiee, Elias Burton, d. La Gross, \.
A. Wright, Joseph Wood, Bradley
Halstead, George Isham, c. Wyman,
Brown, Laban Sphinx. At AID
ans previous to the storm, the Their
mometer stood at 75o above zero.
1t fell during the storm to 800, and
fires had to be kindled. No such
storm was ever before known in this
part of the State.