Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-05-23
WIND AND HAIL.
These Two Elements Combined
Cause Great Damage.
Norfolk and Other Portions of Virginia
Lose Heavily by q Hail-Storm-
In DaheiIls n Cyclone
RACES.
FuRIous E1EMrNTs.

NORFOLK, Va, May 15.-About o'clock
Tuesday Afternoon one OF the most severe
hail-storms that ever struck this section
passed over Norfolk, Portsmouth and
vicinity. Ice particles of extraordinary
size came down with the hail, and severa
inches of hail lay In drifts before the deluge
of rain that followed carried it away The
shade trees OF the streets and the flowers
and vegetable gardens were badly
wrecked In the country the truck farms
were badly torn up, strawberries, peas, cab
bage and other crops being beaten to the
ground The vineyards anu orchards suf-
fered severely. vines and trees being cut
terribly and the fruit destroyed Many
of the trucksters express themselves as
ruined for the season A swath of five or
six miles broad was cut through Norfolk
and Nansamond counties by the storm. The
truckers all around the Hodges Ferry sec
ton and between the Western Branch river
and Portsmouth lost every thing The loss
will probably reach 100000, and
it is too late now to attempt 20
recover. The hail-storm and rainfall
swept over southampton County in the
vicinity Of Newsom's depot, and the grow
ing crops and orchards were badly dam
aged by large pieces Of fee and the great
quantity of it. The drifts OF hail were
twenty-four inches deep in some places and
twelve hours after the storm the drifts were
over six inches in depth The barn of w. s.
Francis was blown down by the wind and
demolished and three horses killed. Other
farmers suffered in damage to their
buildings. Late Monday afternoon
the storm struck the great bridge
section of Norfolk County, the
hail-stones in some cases being as large
as pullet eggs. The potatoes and vegetable
gardens were damaged. Three men at
work in field beyond Deep Creek during
the same storm were struck by lightning
and badly injured.
The severest cyclone ever known there
passed over Danville at $3.50 o'clock in the
afternoon, doing great damage TO roofing,
fences, shade and fruit trees Three to-
bacco factories were unroofed, the
bridge over the Dan river damaged,
house in courBe OF construction and
the colored Baptist church blown down,
tho roof OF the storage warehouse partly
blown off and Lees tobacco warehouse
damaged. The shed over the brick mill
was blown down and fell on N. A. Fitzger-
aid, the proprietor, seriously injuring him
The cyclone was accompanied by rain and
slight hail, lasting fifteen minutes.
CHARLOTTE, n c., May ia dispatch
from LuIpberton, half way between here
and Wilmington, says six inches of hail fell
THERE Tuesday Afternoon. A gale preceded
the storm, unroohpg many small houses
and utterly obliterating the crops.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia, May 1.-THE worst
hail-storm that ever visited Central and
Northern Iowa passed over this place early
Wednesday morning, lasting but two or
three minutes. Many of the stones were
larger than hens eggs, and reliable per-
sons who measured some Of them report
sizes varying from six and half to eight
inches in circumference. They cut
the leaves and small limbs from
trees, damaged vegetation and caused
a loss of several thousand dollars TO
greenhouses and windows. Had there been
much wind the damage would have been
iInmepse. Some houses ueaF the city were
slightly damaged by an incipient tornado,
but no one was hurt
JACKSONVILLE, III, May 13-A little after
9 o'clock Friday night a funnel-shaped
cloud struck the lower part of this county,
scattering buildings and trees in every d.
rection. No loss of life is reported, though
number Of persons came near being badly
hurt Fortunately the cloud rose high in
the air without doing serious damage,
though for miles eastward there was inky
blackness in the sky. high wind and
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cloud passed.
KASsAs CITY, Mo-, May Ia-A heavy rain.
storm passed over this section Friday, doing
Great deal Of minor damage in this city
and IN Kansas City, Kan, Where several
streets and sewers were badly washed out
The railroads were also badly demoraiized
aud not road sent in q train exactly on
time. A large portion of the bluff facing
the Missouri river was washed down over
the Chicago & Alton tracks, and that road
was compelled to use the Wabash tracks.
ABILENE. Kan. May is-The severest
storm in the history OF the city ragged here
Thursday night The lower part OF the
city was completely flooded and business
houses have their celiars full Of water.
Thousands of dollars damage has been
done. Considerable hail fell.
SALINA, Kan, May lS-This section Of the
country has Just been visited by per-
feet deluge of rain. 1t has been highly
beneficial to the crops, but disastrous to
the railroads.
GAINESVILLE, Tex, May ga cyclone
swept aoross Northern Texas Friday after
noon. At Forestburg, Montague County, a
school-bouse was blown down and two
children killed Many others were seriously
hurt and three are still missing. General
destruction was done to crops. 1t is feared
more lives have been lost
BoNHAM, Tex, May GA cyclone swept
over this county Saturday night, destroy
ing crops and buildings 1t came from the
northwest and played havoc in an area Of
territory three miles wide by twenty miles
long Many houses were blown away and
large tracts of timber were leveled TO the
ground So far no lives have beep report
ed lost, but many people are injured.
TIFFIN, O., May 2O.-A disastrous wind
and hail-storm swept over a part of this
county Saturday doing thousands of dollars
damage to buildings and fences Freight
cars were blown from the track at New
RiegeL Crops were lady cut by the hail.
VIENNA, May 20.-Disastrous storms swept
over Parts of Austria Saturday Three per-
sons were killed near Vienna Fearful
catastrophes occurred near Pilsen Houses
collapsed at Rackowitz and BieckowitE,
killing nine children and at Zinc, where
thirty persons were killed
ALBANY, N. Y, May GA terrific hail
storm passed over this vicinity on Saturday,
killing stock and greatly damaging fruit
trees.