The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-04-13
A sEvrHr STORM
An Unprecedented fail ~ HAIL accom-
painted ny Terrific Lightning, Thunder
ana Hahn.

An tfnpseeede0ted fail ~ Hail, accom-
panied nv Terrible Lightning, Thunder
ana I,ain
The heayios. hail.storm that ever visited
this sec ion OF tho coCo,ry was tho, which
rellyeslcrday evening, Never before In tho
recollcci ion ,he oluGsu iniaj' Jam, bad tbo
like ever occurred. About 1880 o'clock,
LARGE. dense black clouds, which looked rs
though tucY were feigh ed wish ain, be-
aided The pUprOaCn o, Che co ming S,o7ml
waich soon bu sv iolh IN all i,S iuiY, and
hpil-s,Ope., sore o whicl were rs la SO rs
turkey eggs, BEGAN 20 flll ,nick and iRst,
accompal cd BY rain, loud thunder and
binding flashes OF Lightning. ~ ltelF'Iy
rained hail-stores and II was MOI long PC
fore the olOIuG was almost covered WIN
them. Ihe sTeets were deserted, for
il was not safe TO be out
and even The horses aud other animals were
stampeded, the former breathing Dose from
their hitchirg posts and ilyjng through the
streets at break-neck speed in then ulSht,
in search o: shelter, The pales OF windows
| fronting north were nearly al broke !, anG
in several instances large French plale
glasses were blocen, and Tie SOUND OF
| It as it fell could be heard on all des. The
rattle o. the stones on the wooden awnings
and pavement sounded like The rapid iii1ng
of muskeny. The Grand Windsor and 81;
| GeorL hotels and st. Matthews cathedral
suffered severely, as did othe buildings.
The beautiful, staired windows of the lat
ter structu were riddled. The carnage
done the glass is estimated mated -, to to
be about 5000, or perhaps larger sum
than that. A large stone struck the
wooden awning in front of the Glen Lea
saloon and crushed clear through IL, falling
to the pavement below. There is not, a
skylight in the city but gave way to the
hard blows of the pelting hail. Those pc
destrians whoventured out from beneath the
awnings were struck and in many instances
knocked down and several persons were
severely cut and bruised about The head
and face. A little negro girl while going
down Austin street was knocked senseless
by a large stone and was taken
into house close by and 1t
was fully five minutes before
she recovered consciousness. In two Ia
stances the dignified "stove-pipe" Lat sue
cumbed to the heavy hail 70 the great dis,
gust of the owners. Mrs. j. w. Lyle was
struck by stone and fell to the ground,
rendering her almost insensible: Her in
juries, we are glad to state, are slight. Inc
hail continued to rattle down FOR the space
of half an hour, an imp ecedented length
for hail-storm, and when it ceated
was followed by, a hard
urGDCDlUg rain lntG SuelSiS "'s
filed the streets with water. 1t poured
down for another half an hour Wien the
clouds cleared away for short time, the
sun shining through the rents, but only
for a little while, for it clouded
up again and the indica ions
are that there will be another
heavy rain. The damage done he fruit,
wheat, oats and corn crops cannot at this
time be estimated, yet it is the general
opinion that considerable damage has been
done The crops, if they nave not been
entirely ruined. A large number of
fowls were killed. So far as
could be a0ceriained, the Storm extended
from Dehison south as "a" as Wa%ahachle,
and fiom Jef'e ,Cn west as far as Weather
ford, though between Je ferson and Dallas
there was but slight spring rain. AT Jet
ferson, however, the storm was severe. The
largest hail stone that iell was nine inches
in circumference, and weighed one,
of of'' damage Polfs' was zone done The
telegraph lines leading 20 he ci,Y and The
wire between this city aud Demon was
bi o;ed. and all telegraQhic communication
ST. " OH. runor was DrevalenG on the
sleets to the effect thai Den, ors bad been
swept away by cyclone. but communica'
ton by telegraph via FoI Wor.h
proved The rumor 20 be lake, though the
town had suffered pre,gy mucl rom the
hal, rs did this city. The Trinity river at
10 o'clock last night was rapidly rising.