The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-23
WILD GALE IN VIRGINIA.

bEUEctty U1ubW&ru W Ou NsW1ssssU8 10.
tent and Crops Ruined ~ Wind, Hail
ami Hain-Heavy snowfall IN Dakota.
fABao. y. r.. May Il. dispatches from
various portions Of North Dakota state that
snow has fallen In considerable quantities,
the fall varying from two To ten inches.
eteufy rain has fallen in this section all
day, doing great deal 0f good 10 growing
grains
BISMARCK, D. T.. May IA heavy fall
Of SNOW commenced Tuesday Iuorning and
continued steadily until evening. when 1t
ahatctl somewhat The snow fall is liberal
throughout the Missouri slope, and
r. tcn-fold more boncft to crops
theE rain. such happening is rare in
the history of the Northwest. though at
ono time. it is said SNOW :cll in Dakota in
July. Such heavy fall as this, however,
was never experienced, 1t being nearly
foot .esp.
ST PArL, Mimi. May l5-spccials from
various points lii Minnesota and Dakota
give accounts If heavy rain and snowfall
Tuesday. At Wadena II rained and then
tnrned into heavy sncw- storm. At
BrGinerd the snow fell Tor several
hours, but finally ended in rain Tho
ground was parched and the streets
and roads were like ashes and the
crops have suffered. but the present rain
fail will rave the crops At Oriska, D. T.,
about four inches OF snow fell during the
morning and it rained during the rest Of
the day Water Is standing in pools all
over the fields Watert0wn. j. T., reports
the heaviest rainfall Of the season.
GREAT DAMAGE N VIRGINIA.
NGatnlk Va, May l5-About ]; o'clock
tuesday afternoon one Of the most severe
ail-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 81 hail lay in drifts before the deiuy0
of rain that followed carried il away. Tho
| tllade trees of the streets and the flowers
and vegetable gardens were badly
wrecked In the c0untr, the truck farms
were badly torn III. strawberries, peas. cab
| bage and other crops being beaten TO the
gr md The vineyards and orchards sut-
ferei severely vines and trees being cat
terribly AMI the fruit destroyed. Many
Of the trucksters express themselves as
ruined for the season. A swath Ut five or
| SIX miles broad was cut through Norfolk
and Nansamond counties by the storm The
| truckers al. around the Hodges Ferry sec
tion and between the Western Branch river
and Portsmouth lost every thing. The loss
i VIII IuupIpiN lINCu - sSNV'sSsW. 0aAss
! Il is too ate now To attempt TO
recover Tho hail-storm and rain fall
swept over southampton County in the
vicil,irv ot Newsnms depot and the grow
ing crops and orchards were badly dam
aged by large pieces OF ice and the great
quantity nj IT, The drifts ui hail were
twenty -four inches deep III some places and
/ twelve hours after the storm the drifts were
over six inches in depth The barn OF W. y
Francis was ilown down by the wind and
i demolished and three horses killed Other
farmers suffered in damage to theiI
buildings. Late Monday afternoon
the storm struck the great bridge
section of Norfolk county. tile
hai.-Atml.s III some cnsas Dring AZ large
as pulIet eggs. The potatoes arid vegetable
gardens were damaged Three men al
work in Il field beyond Deep Creek dnrint
the same storm were strack by lightMin.
and bad, injured.
The severest cyclone ever ksown there
passed over nanvilic At $3.50 o'clock in thu
afternoon. ioiM. great damage u roofing
fences. sha,l. and fruit trees. Three to
baccD factories were unro0fed. tn
bridge over the Dan river damaged
a house in course of construction ant
the colorea BAPTIST church blown down
the roof ii tine storage warehouse partl.
blown OF and Lees tobacco warehons,
damaged The shed over the brick mil
was blown .inwn and fell Oh n. 4. Fitzger
aid. the proprietor. seriously iniuring him
The cyclone WAS accompanied by rain AM
slight hail. lasting fifteen minutes
CHARLOTTE, r. e.. May Is "A .lispatcl
fionl l,imbertUn. half way between her
aud Wilmington, says'six inches Of hail fel
there Tuesday afternoon. \ gale l.recede
the storm. unrOoting many small house
nad utterly obliterating the crops.