The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-08-14
ALL HAIIP'
And the People We're Glad to
Say Farewell" When it
A Prighiful Torrent Of Hall Visits
Cheyenne.
Ten Thousand Dollars Worth of Property
Destroyed.
Scenes and Incidents.


One of the most terrific hail storms
that ever visited this section or the
country within the memory Of the old
est inhabitants, came upon our city
about haif-past three O'Clock yesterday
afternoon. The first warning the peo-
pie had of the coming storm wa a loud
roaring in the north, followed by a
strong wind, and then came the storm
Of hail. 1t lasted about fifteen minutes,
and was then followed by a heavy show
er Of rain. This over, the people began
looking over their damaged windows
and other property. The storm did not
extend east as far as Atkins. No signs
of a hail storm appeared at Fort Col
Inns, it being clear and pleasant at that
place all day. At Greeley, Colorado, it
rained only, but farther southeast, at
Fort Lupton, it hailed quite severely.
A few miles below this point, at
Hughes, no storm was seen. To the
north the storm extended beyond Pole
creek. The driver of the Black Hills
stage coach says he was only a mile or
two this side of the creek when the
storm anne upon them, and that it was
with the greatest difficulty that he kept
the horses attached to the coach from
running at a fearful speed. The storm
at that point was fully as severe as in
Cheyenne.
Besides the breaking of all the glass
in the windows facing to the north and
the breaking of the one French plate
glass one-fourth of an inch thick in the
drug store of G.. w. Hoyt, many ex-
citing incidents took place upon our
streets. A span of horses attached to
a wagon ran at full speed up Seven
teenth street, struck a wagon belong
ing to an old lady, knocking the wagon
box off and landing the woman upon
the ground and cut a deep cash in one
of the horse's hips. They continued ON
their career and finally collided with an
express wagon, throwing the horse down
and drawing the horse, while Oh his
back, and the wagon, nearly the length
Of a block, when the runaway team was
finally brought to a halt, without doing
any damage to the express team or to
themselves. Two teams belonging to
HANNA & Murphy, ran at full speed
up Sixteenth street. One team, driven
by F. G. Thomasson, had on no load,
and the driver keeping his seat, brought
them to a halt opposite MI. Gutter
mans residence. The other team was
driven by George Loucks, and was
loaded with coal. This team took the
same course as the one above mention
ed until it reached Ransom street,
when it turned north to Seventeenth
street, and ran into Hon. H. II. SWANS
barn, without any damage to the team.
The drivers were both severely bruised
by the falling hail, and the latter was
quite severely cut about the head by
it, having lost his hat at the first
cap of the horses. The report, how
ever, that he was dangerously injured,
is wholly incorrect. The team used for
hauling water by J. W. Bin ran away,
coming up Ferguson street, struck
against the sign pole of Zehner, jack
son & Buechner, breaking the same in
two and both axles of the wagon. The
horse, freeingihimself from the wagon,
ran with the thills under the awning in
front of Gates second hand store on
Seventeenth street. The horse injured
one of his hind legs SO badly it is
thought he will prove entirely WORTH
less.
When the storm first commenced,
Mr.. d. D. Dare went upon the roof to
try and save his large sky-light, with
Mr.. Charles Kirkland. Kirkland was
struck by a hail stone upon his head,
knocking him dewn. Dare got one in
the mouth, and Both then concluded
they were willing to let the sky-light
take care of itself.
-Four little boys were playing neal the
pest-house, south of the Union Pacific,
when the storm came upon them. One
of the boys, Eugene Callahan, was
struck on the head by o huge hail stone,
cutting a cash two inches long into the
skull. Another boy by the name of Ryder,
was wounded about the head and body
in a fearful manner. Joe Perry, another
of the party, received several injuries,
one hail stone striking him upon the
arm, nearly breaking it. Returning
home after the storm had abated, they
presented to their anxious parents a
CORY spectacle.
The damages done to the business
and dwelling houses in this city will
reach at least ten thousand dollars.
Besides the breaking out of glass, near
ly all the tin roofs in the city have been
more or less injured. atsa8
The size Of the hail stones that fell
wereiastonishingly large, some Of them
measuring nine inches and a half in
circumference, and weighing several
ounces. 1t was a storm to be long re-
membered by our citizens, and one
which they will not care to see repeated.
Serve an Injunction on Disease