The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-03-29
SEVERE STORM.
Wheeling, West Virginia, visited by Sc
we're Hail Storm, and Damage to the Ex-
tent OF &25,OO Done.

Wheeling. West Virginia, visited by Sc
we're Hail Storm, and Damage to the Ex-
tent OF $1,000 Done.
WHEELING, w. Va, March 27.-The most
severe hail storm that has visited this city
since 1862 occurred this afternoon, shortly
after . O'Clock. The forenoon was bright and
warm, even sultry, and not until few min
utes before the storm burst did the blacken-
ing sky give any warning of the destructive
visitation. The storm was short but severe
Hailstones, many of them as large as wa
nuts, fell with incredible force and rapidity.
a brisk breeze was blowing from the west
and the hail pelted the exposed sides of
buildings like rifle balls. The State House,
United States Custom House. Female Col
lege, Linsby Institute, the large hotels and
factories, and all the Ward school buildings,
with the business houses and residences
having frontage on the west, had the win
dows riddled. HOtbeds, greenh ouses and
skylights gave way like egg-shells, and
many valuable plants We're destroyed. The
storm reached from five miles west to five
miles east of the ciCy, and from short dis
tance below town to the north end, and the
damage, at the least calculation, will reach
$25, 900. Persons who were exposed TO the
storm, and not in reach of shelter, were badly
bruised about the head, and horses in many
instances became frantic and ran away. The
street cars and railroad coaches all suffered
more or less damage to the windows. A
heavy rain followed, completing the de-
struction in many instances where sky
lights had been broken and valuable goods
were exposed to the weather The Legisla-
ture and all the schools were Obliged to sus-
4 no
of the unusual fusilade drowning the sound
of the voices. In the country, trees were
stripped and in some cases the bark peeled
off by the hail.
CINCINNATI, March 27.-The Commercially s
Lexington, Ind, special says: The heav-
lest hail storm since 1916 passed over this
village to-day. The hail was not so large.
but was destructive. In two minutes 800
window, glass were broken in a town of ], 800
inhabitants"
CLEVELAND. o., March "a furious hur-
ricane, accompanied by vivid lightning,
thunder, hail and torrents of rain swept over
this region at noon to-day. Numerous trees
and several unfinished buildings were pros
trated. The weather, which has been re-
aarkably mild, became quite cold after the
storm, which lasted about half an hour.
- PITTsBU2G, March PA dispatch from
ERans5urg Crawford County. Pennsylvania,
says. DHrlnS q severe gaze JillS AFTERNOON
a three story brick house In the course of
erection was blown down, and two men,
William Hunt and Frank Mcdonald, were
killed. John Houser and William Sharle
we're fatally injured and five others slightly
hurt" A similar accident occurred in this
csty this afternoon, the wind blowing down
a frame house and fatally Injuring John At
kinson and Patrick Gavin, two workmen.
MACON Ca, March pa tornado to-day
did considerable damage to property near
the city and along the line of the Central
road as far rs Sandersville. Dwellings, barns
gin-houses cabins and trees were destroyed
and many persons injured. Plantations
about Waynesboro were greatly injured
Gilbert ward. age four years, was killed in
the wreck of a dining room at his fathers
house