Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-05-21

Uinci,si0- Neirs parkins' mill located
on the Winchester and Front Royal road,
was destroyed by fire last saturday ioorn-
ing, together with ts contents. This
mill is situated on the Opcquon, abont
five miles from Winchester. aud is owned
by Mr. Alfred Parkius. Mr pmhu, esti-
mates his loss at s., 900 but there 3, an iu-
suranoe in the Ioudoun Mutual for $4,000.
It is supposed the lire was by frici.on.-.-.
On Sunday afternoon the residence OF
Mrs Mnlychill, situated ntar Wiuclostes
on the North Frederick turnpike. was
destroyed by fire. Thl. house Was former
" owned by Mr. j. Vance Bell, aud was
purchased from hm 10y Ms. Nulychill
about a year since. The house, which
was wooden buillng, was entirely dc-
.troyed. An alarm was sounded by the
fire department, but only the Sarah Zane
repaired 10 the fro with an engine. IL
arrived ina time 10 throw water on The
outbulding-. The furniture in the house
was generally saved. The origin of the
fire was defective fac. The los. is
about g 500 There is an insurance Of
81 900 in the l.sudoun Mutual..-.. GA last
Wednesday afternoon Winchester and
Frederick county were visited by a storm
of bail and wind unprecedented in the
annals of our history. For the past week
the weather has been verv unsettled,
with disposition to storm and We had
been treated 10 several electrical exhibit
tions on 4 small scale On Wednesday
afternoon about G O'Clock the unrest cul
minated in a grand hail and wind storm,
iutersporsed with thunder and lightning.
1t was unprecedented and the memory of
the oldest nhabitant runneth not back 90
| the time 81 such another. Perhaps the
nearest approach to oneoi the same char
acter was in loi7 We are not e2agger-
ating " hon we say that there was wall
of falling ice, aud that for a space of per
haps four or i've minutes, for We did not
measure the time, the fusiladc of bail
stones many as large as a hen egg nearly
all Is big as huled walnuts rained upon
field and garden and houss Destroying in
few minutes the work Of many months.
jTbeistorm approached Winchester from
l.Lbe northwest, aud its attack was herald
.sA,by roaring as Of many railroad trains
,09aYfrglng 10 a point or tho falling Of
JgiSlay cataract. Wheat, fonccs, Trees
.reye, levclled, aud the gardens were heat
tlssg by tho hoofs Of horses. 1t WAS an
Iindedciibablc scene-aud one well calcu-
lated to awe the spectator and listener.
.Sfoer tue hail the water decendcd in tor
rebts, overlooking The streets but Tho
worst Of the hail fell perhaps nl tho space
iof1Te inmates. It would hc useless for
us 10 attempt 10 give in detail the damage
alone by thls storm ia Winchester. ln
many cases it = considerable, hut there il
scarcely house in the town that has
escaped entirely. Either the gardens,
Arbors, glass in the windows, have been
destroyed or broken down, or feuccs
blown Hat Tho track Of The Storm was
not wide, extending only fiom No lair
Grounds eu tie MufinsbHrg t4,up,ke TO
short distance 81 the YalleY tugnpike on
the sonth end of the town, but within
that scope it stripped the trees which
Nere 40 beautiful an hour before almost
entirely Of foliage. We understand that
m the northwestern portion Of the county
the siolm Wae worry fierce end savage, and
that mncn damage hd5 .esniieh .bolh 10
the growing crops, fences aud trees M