, 1877-07-16
Big HAIL.
Tfnrscs nnA Cattle f<1ttcd nnd n1nny Teraops
1njured-Eargo Amount Of Property De-

Horses nnd Cattle Killed nnd h1nny rersop,
1nJured-Eargo Amount Of Property Do.
ntEoyeI.
nfepasch 10 Neg rort If1,ta.
WATERTowN, N. T., July 11.--Tho losses by
tho furious hallstorfn that sNcpt over Holman,
Green Settlement, Adams Centre, md the nd
laccnt region, on Tuesday, foot I'D 10 $i00,oo.
THIS Is principally suffered BY farmers, many Of
whom arc ruined. A gentleman who was ia
Adams Centre during the storm describes the
scene rs haFlng been tcrrfl'lc' The storm cana
from tho southwest. Hail fell for thirty mIr-
utcs IN vnst quantities. The stones wprc
OF enormous size, Fo,nc Of them weighing
llnlf pound, mil measuring ntnc inches IN
circumference. They covered tho ground
nearly q tout deep. Many persons who wero
cauEltt in tile storm wero bndly injured heforo
thoy could fna shelter. Ono tnan wns 1r!vtnga
team near tho villagc, and WIS SO badly burt 10.
fore no could 1cnva his Magon and cruwl IL
under bri,lgo that he ehanced to be crnsslng,
that II wus feared he would tic. 4 young man
named Green wns hit In tllo head by QUO Of the
ha'lstoncs. in rcacl.fng out Of Ills door 10 secure
largo ono that had fallcn noar, and was rep.
dcrcd unconsclonh, somcof the hatlstoucs vera
sharp, e4uaro pieces Ut Ice, eorHa ns lnrEc as
three by four Inches. Horcs and cattle wcro
killed ID tho fields. ari.growlnE crops, orchards,
burns Hotel, A1sop Block, and Hun9crfortt Col
lestatc Institute were damaged to tho amountot
several thousand dollars Expensive memorial
Wlndows IN the ehurs'l, at Adain8 Hcro destroy
cd. Not less than 10,V00 pancs Of glass wcra
broken In tho place. Tic principal losers By
the storm n Adams Centre am! Green scss'e<
mcnt nre Welcome Clnris, Was!burn brothers,
Eyan Griffith. Garrett Drt,cc. Martin Dearing,
Y. Jumay, John Smith, H. p. Bunce. George
Hrccn, Adno Green. Charles Green, Giles Park
CT, A. Campbell, G. Converse, Horace Green,
lBaac Kellogg, A. Dabeock, 4. Coates.
The damage In Adams hnl Vicinity Is sGO,-
OO. After the storm It took an hour 10 clear
OF hnlstones. Tho village presented tho ap-
pearailcc Of the utmost ruin. urauchcs OF trecs
filled yards ami streets, lead chickens, geese,
pigs, and dogs were etrcwn on every sido, and
every yestIEc Of vegetation WA destroyed. Tho
)lttle village Of Green Sett'cmcut was almost
demolished, and great suffering existed among
the people. Fur tlyo miles around tho coul-
ptetcnesa Of tho ruin presents tt4clf.
A. Rodman tue storm uf hnil lasted t1ftcca
minutes, md was then followed by a deluciug
rain Which lasted ns long. 4 scene similar to
that At Adams folloretl-ruln artl lcsolatou
on every hand. Tic damage Is 81, 600 in Kq.l-
man. Tho storm there, a1thnugfi occurring
simultaneously WIN TINT at Aslai,s, see11s %
southwest, while the Adams y!sitatlon was from
tho northwest: Tho principal losers ut Rodfnan
arc: T.. l.. Simmons, 4. z. Smith, Chauncy
1.awton, Martin Waite, B. +. 1iucsticc, Elins
burton, ,. LaGruss, N. A. Wright, Joseph
Wood, Bradley Halstcad, George lshan', C.
Wynlan, James Drowu, Lahan Sphinx. AZ
ter stooef At Is degrees above zero. It fell dur.
ing tIe storm to 10 degrees and fires had to bo
ktndlcd. No such storm waa ever before known
In this part of the State.