Telegram-herald., 1889-05-16
A TOUCH OF WINTER.
Snow Fails TO the Depth OF Sew
era inches IN Dakota
4 DllscIsC SIOga IN VIRGINIA.
NZass yards anG Orchards aad the Growing
SEops 6eiosa hs wGaa aad E4A-
lave sfeck hilea- HsaS.
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YAnao. i. T. May l5 Dispatches from
various portspns of North DakotA state tA2t
saaw has fallen n considerable qaAutltieA.
tie TAI saIglag iIom I've ~ tsn ill1ilss A
steady rsla h4s fallen ia tbs section al
GAY, osiiss great asaA u coed - sEeUisg
grains
s. pIIs> MINI. NAY ls-sfec. ais fro.a
various points Ia htnAsss-a and Dakota
give accounts Of heavy TAIN GAa snowfall
Tuesday. At Nadena II Iained xao then
t9rned Into heavy snow storm al
Bra.nero the snow fsll for several
hours. Bat nnally ended IN ram The
ground VAS parchea and the sfEocls
And Tosas were Ike ashss and tAs
ereps have suffered but the present rain
fall VIII save the crops At orlska T. T.,
about four inches Of snow fell during the
morning snc it rained daring the rest a,
tie Gay. Water ls standing In pools al
over tae teids Matertown. d reports
the heaviest rainfall 81 the season
eEsAr DAMAGE N VIRGINIA
korro1x Va. May lA-AD0Gt 5 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon one OF the mosi severe
hail-storms that ever struck this section
passed over Norfolk. Portsmouth aud
vicinity. Lee particles of Extraordinary
saze came down with the haii. and severa
inches o. hat lay in drifts before tie delugs
Of rain that followed carried n away. Ihs
shade trees OF tie streets and tbe 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 10 the
ground The vineyards and orchards suf-
fered severely vines and trees being cut
terribly and the fruit destroyed Many
Of the traeksters express themselves a.
ruined fer the season swath of bFs or
ak miles broad was cut through Norfolk
and Nanssmond counties by tie storm The
truckers all around the Hodges Ferry SEQ
ten and between the Western Branch river
and Portsmouth lost every thing The loss
will probably reach o. .0oo oo0. and
tt is too late now 10 attempt 10
recover. The hsil-storm and rainfall
swept over southampton County Ia the
vicinity OF Newsonls depot and the grow
ing crops and orchards were badly dam
aged 10y large pieces OF ice and the great
quantity OF IL The drifts of Lail were
twenty -four inches deep in some places, and
twelve hours after the storm tie 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 10 their
buildings Late Monday afternoon
the storm struck the great bridge
section OF Norfolk County, the
hai, stones in some cases being as large
a. pullet eggs The potatoes and vegetable
gardens were damaged Three men as
work in a field beyond Deep Greek during
the same storm were struck BY lightning
and badly injured
The severest cyclone ever known there
passed over Danyille Al 3:31 O'Clock IN the
afternoon, doing great damage 10 roofing,
fencos, shade and fruit trees Tsree to-
bacco factories were unroofed. the
bridge over the Dan river damaged,
a house in course OF construction and
the colored Baptist church blown down,
the roof Of the storage warehouse partly
blown OF and Lees tobacco warehouse
damaged. Tie shed over the brick mill
was blown down and fell or n A Fitzger-
aid, the proprietor, seriously iniuring him
The cyclone was accompanied by rain and
slight hail lasting fifteen minutes
CHARLOTTE. y. C.. May l5.-A dispatch
from JunbsrtoD. half way between here
and Wilmington. says six inches OF hail fell
there Tuesday afternoon. gale preceded
the storm, unroofng many small houses
and utterly obliterating the crops