The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-05-21
LAST NIGHTS STORM.
Hail stones MS Large as Hens
Eggs Damage Done 10 Fruit
and CrOps-WindoWs Broken
Inv the Kindred.

The air was olose and sultry and the
heat oppressive, yesterday afternoon.
Such a change from the cool, braeing at
mosphere OF the past two weeks was felt
severely by everybody, and especially BY
those whose business kept them exposed
to The scorchipg rays Of the sun any length
OF time. The sky was fair and clear.
but occasionally angry clouds fitted
about and the Weather.wise predicted q
heavy thunder storm. These predictions
were fulfilled, perhaps earlier than was
generally expected. About O! o'clock q
heavy shower set In, and for a few mo.
menis the most severe hail storm that has
been experienced in this vicinity for a
number OF years prevailed. The hail
continued falling for about ten minutes,
coming from the southwest, but during
that brief period n great deal Of damage
was done In and about the city.
The size Of the hail stones varied. AT
the Mcclure House, Mr.. Mallonee, the
night clerk, picked up n which had
been lying in the street for about thirty
minutes, and upon meMuring Il
found il to be about Eve and q half
inches In circumference. Mr.: Murdock,
the Sixth Ward grocer, found one which
measured six inches and weighed three
ounces. During the ten minutes in
which the hail fell the mercury in the
Thermometer at the Opera House drug
store dropped just ten degrees, jumping
from "a to ca degrees above zero.
As we have said, the storm came from
the southwest. A gentleman from Bel.
laire tells US that but little hail fell at
that point. That part Of our city south
Of the creek apparently suffered the most
severely, us more damage Is reported
from that section. The storm seems TO
have been confined 10 a rather narrow
circuit, as a gentleman who came down
from Steubenville on the 0 o'clock train
last night informs us that no rain had
fallen there up TO the time he left-7:25
P. M.-and he noticed no rain until the
train was a good distance this side Of
Lagrange.
Il would be impossible 10 give yer an
outline Of the damage done by the hail.
The orchards and vineyards in the vicin.
lily, from what we were able 10 learn last
evening, were very generally injured,
more or less. Over the river, We are in.
formed by Bridgeport man, the grape
and fruit crops, which were IN a very
promising condition, are badly damaged.
The strawberries, which are almost ripe,
suffered greatly. In some fields at least
one-half the strawberry crop is con-
sidered ruined, while the grapes in
some localities suffered just as Sc
yerely. Out the pike, on this side Of the
river, orchards and vineyards are report.
ed to be nearly stripped Of their fruit,
and many fine flower gardens destroyed.
The greenhouse at the Greenwood
Cemetery ID almost entirely destroyed.
Neuhausen's and Hornbrooks green,
houses were also badly damaged.
On the Island there were q number OF
windows broken in dwelling houses, but
the principal damage consisted Of the in.
jury done TO the fruit, vegetables and flow.
Eers. Zane's greenhouse was completely
ruined, and a number OF fine flower gar.
dens destroyed. Many fruit trees were
almost entirely stripped Of their leaves
and fruit. The gardeners we're also heavy
sufferers, their growing crops being Sc
yerely injured. The grapes, too, were
materially injured here.
Over the creek few houses escaped in
Jury, nearly all having windows broken.
The following are the most important
losses we have heard Of: A large mum.
Der Of lights Of glass were broken in the
Wesley NJ. E. Church; Adam Stoker'S
saloon, five lights OF glass broken;
Albert Se~abright's bakery, a half dozen
lights OF glass broken; Gebhart's saloon,
four large windows broken; Justice
schultz's residence, in the Eighth Ward,
40 lights Of glass broken; Hobbs, Brock
unier Coos glass works, large number
OF windows broken; Mr.. Emhof7s resi-.
denee, on Eof street, 4 panes Of glass
broken; Richard McCracken's store, one
large window broken; Fred Heirs resi-
dence, on Eof street, four large window
panes broken; Mrs. Watterson, on Eoff
street, lost 8 panes OF glass; DR.. HALEY
Mccoy, in Centre Wheeling, had a nuns
Der Of lights broken; Myles' photograph
gallery, Centre Wheeling, over fifty
lights In one skylight broken; Sixth Ward
School House, % lights broken; Ted.
Harden's residence, 4 large lights broken;
many lights in La Belle Mill, Wheats
%tannery, and building occupied by La
Belle store, reported broken; eleven
lights broken at United Engine House,
and tin roof damaged considerable; GS
lights we're broken in "Winship's Row.
on Wood street, below $50; sixty or sew
enty lights broken in La Belle store
building; q lights broken at Chapline
Street NJ. Z. Church. In the Eighth
Ward fruit trees are reported as
nearly destroyed, especially the apples
and peaches. The extensive greenhouses
Of Messrs. Seybold, Wheat, Watson. De-
vine and Wassman, in the Eighth Ward,
were nearly ruined, and the damage can
hardly be estimated. II will certainly
amount to a great deal, and no doubt
many valuable plants were destroyed
which II would be impossible 10 replace
at any price.
In East Wheeling the damage is re-
ported "a follows: many private residen-
ces on 10Th, 18th, 18th, and 10Th streets
suffered by having their windows broken;
0 windows were broken in the Fourth
Ward School House; nearly 400 lights
are reported broken In Warren's Oil re.
dnery; Star Foundry, nearly 800 lights re.
ported broken; no Windows were broken
either 10 the Capitol building or the
Postotice; several stained glass windows
were broken in the English Lutheran
Church; a number were broken in the
Second and Third Ward School building;
none in the Zane Street NJ. E. Church; Is
lights at the Lindsey Institute were
broken; nine were broken at the residence
Of Mr.. John L. Rice, seven at the resi.
dence OF Mr.. Allen Howell, and a num-
Der we're broken in the block OF tene-
ments owned by Benz. Fisher and others,
on 10th street.
In the central part Of the city the dam.
age did not amount TO so much. We
heard Of the following: The skylights Ct
Messrs. Parsons, Plummer, Brown and
Higgins, photographers, were fairly rid.
died, but few lights Of glass being
left in the sashes; the skylights
10 the Standard building were also
badly damaged; IA lights were bro.
ken at the Central Hotel, / at the
Stamm, none at the ST. James, and 10 or
l2 at the Mcclure. The Court House,
Odd Fellows' building, Washington Hall