Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-03-28
A WIDESPREAD STORM

Details of an Unusually Hard Storm In
Walnuts-A General Smash Up Of Win
dows-Destruction of Life and Property
Short, Sharp aud Severe.
WHEELING, w. Va, March 27.-The most
severe hail storm that has ever visited this
city since 1869 occurred shortly after 2
O'clock The forenoon was bright and warm,
even sultry, and not until few minutes be-
fore the storm burst did the blackening sky
give any warning Of the destructive visitation.
The storm was short but severe. Hailstones,
many OF them large as walnuts, fell with in.
creditable force and rapidly. A brisk breeze
was blowing from the west, and the hail
pelted the exposed sides ofsbuildings like rife
balls. The state house, the United States
custom house, the female college,
Linsley institute, large hotels and
factories, and all ward school buildings, with
business houses, and residences having front
age on the west, had their windows riddled.
Hotbeds, greenhouses and skylights gave way
like eggshells and many valuable plants were
destroyed. The storm reached from five miles
west to five miles east Of the city and from a
short distance below town to the north end,
and the damage at the least calculation will
reach s25 600.
Persons who were exposed to the hail
storm and not in reach OF shelter, were badly
bruised about the head, and horses in many
instances became frantic and ran away. Street
cars and railroad coaches all suffered more or
less damage to their windows. A heavy rain
followed. which completed the destruction IN
many cases, where skylights had been broken
and valuable goods were exposed to the
weather. The legislature and all schools were
Obliged to suspend exercises for some min
utes, the noise OF the unusual fuSilade drown
ing the sound OF voices. In the country trees
were stripped OF all their branches and In
cases the bark was peeled off by the hail.
CLEVELAND, March 27-A furious hurricane
accompanied by vivid lightning, thunder,
hail and torrents OF rain, swept over this re-.
gion at noon. to-day. Numerous trees and
several buildings we're Frustrated. The
weather which has been remarkably mild, be-
came quite cold after the storm, which lasted
about half an hour
LIVES LOST.
PITTssuHen, March 27.-The Dispatch
special from Evansburg, Crawford county,
says:-During severe gale this afternoon a
three story brick house, In course of being
Frank Mcdonald killed. John Houser and
VIM. Sharte were fatally injured, and five
others were slightly hurt.
A similar accident occurred in this city this
afternoon, the wind blowing down a frame
house and fatally lnjuring John Atklhson and
Patrick Gairn, Two Workmen.
GOOD FOE aLAzIERs.
CINCINNATI, March 27.-The Commer ciars
Lexington Qrd) special Gays: The heaviest
hail storm since 1916 passed over this village
to-day. The hail was not very large but was
destructive. In two minutes 1,5GO panes Of
window glass were broken in the town OF
1,50O inhabitants.
THE STORM IN TIE SOUTH.
MACON, Ca, March 27.-During the tornado
to day considerable damage was done to prop
erty in the city and along the line of the
Central road "a far as ssandelsyiile. Dwellings,,
barns, gin houses, cabins and trees were de-:
stroyed and many persons were injured. The
plantations about Waynesboro are greatly in
5ured. Gilbert Ward, aged years, was killed
in the wreck of tine dining ROOM of his faith.