The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-04-29

BOMBARDEO BY HAIL.
4 Plausible Explanation of the Fan in
Temperature ia Richmond.

Temperature IN Richmond.
The sudden change between 3 and e
o'clock sunday afternoon in the tempera-
turc in this city may have been caused by
the influence of the storm which in Balti-
more resulted iu one of ihe heaviest bail
storms. which ever visited that city. Here
a sultry noon. with WindylOOkng clouds.
was lost sieht Cf boo the cold wind which at
Is O'Clock in the evening. just before beau
tiul sunset. sent the dust flying down the
principal streets. and caused the costumes
40 night to Dee 20 combination Of winter and
spring. The Baltimore sun contains tne
following account OF the hail storm in that
city:
Baltimore was h0mbardCd Yesterday af-
iernoon. The engagement was brief hut
terrific. The hurtIing missiles Of destruc-
tiOn were rugged haistOncs and the enemy
was the allied forces of the elements. For
the few minutes that the battle RACED the
DAMAGE was wonderful
For half hour before the storm burst
huge bank of purple cloud gathered i'm the
northwest. IL reached from the middle west
clear around t0 ihe northeast. The purple
was slightly tinciured with green. and "a
peculiar atmospheric haze seemed 10 hang
between the observer and the cloud, and as
ness 0yorhuug thc whole city. Long before
the sound of thunder was heard. the
distant bank Of purple was lit mp hy
momantary flashes of lightning. The air
had been sutry s. warm south breeze
that had been playing lightly during the
day carried the thermometer mp 10 y
degrees. int with the Oncomiug tempest
TO frll tO -. and ths wind Necred to the
northwest and blew before the threatening
HI. H.a| .NI.. NII.IH 2
hind it was 20 wind ui thirty miles AN hour.
impelling the mass forward. Perhaps IL
was gale OF forty on hfty miles; nobody
knew. huf the local weather observer -sates
that it is probable that ihc deluge of snow
and water which followed retarded the
wind and kept 10 from being 30 destructive
as 10 might have been. Al any rate ibis
yale exhibited ifs -WiiiucS- upon smoky de
fachmeuts from ihc main body of cloud.
sent forward like cavalry 90 draw out the
forces Of the attacked.
IN did draw them Out-0uf Of sunday
schools. churches. prlyer-meetings. ont OF
parks. squares ana houses where men,
women and children were making sunday
calls. But by far ile greater mass IT,
manned safely under cover, or " ont no the
open they scuuied under wooden awnings.
into street cars and places Of safety, as at
quarter tO four O'Clock the premOnitory
shower of rain pattertd down upon the CITY.
Within five minute, after that peal oi
thunder told OF the opening ot the artillery
of the invader. and the light came through
"A riff I'm the purple cloud. suddenly
the hail pelted down with an unearihly
roar. pounding ON tin roofs, smashing M
glass windows. dumping horses ana
drivers upon the streets until the animals
ware crazed with pain and fear, and those
i'm charge cf them We're completely worn
out with holding the rcins.
With the cracking OF hail the wind now
came on with an it- fury. The rain poured
down I'm sheets. glass iingled upon the pave
ments. and here and there the crash Of a
roof or the fall of % chimney added 10 the
din Nearly every street ear was the scene
of panic. while in churches and sunday
school, the fright in some cases was painful
I'm private houses the men and the women
who had not tainted falnly endeaiored 10
stay the havoc caused by the water pouring
into their broken windows that faced tne
north and west particularly the latter. as
the wind blew from several ports west
and northwest. and most houses with
western exposure had few whole
panes Of glass left. >kylights were smash
ed. admitting torrents Of water from ROOF io
cellar. The most that could Dee done was lo
hang sheets and blankets inside Oi ,uch
windows as had inside shutters only While
to close outside shutters required nerve,
quickncss and hardihood that few persons
nosscssei. Greenhouse roofs melted away
like magic. aud the hail and glass poured
m upon the flower, Ike Nolley from N3l-
ling guns. Young trees were battered and
strinped Of foliage wherever they STOOL
within the path of execution, ana hail-
stones gathered in riffs or were Heated OF
up0n the currents ln the streets.
MANY Of the streets were flooded from curb
fo curb. and "a number of the sewer, refused
20 admit the heavy How OF wafer. Inc
Easements Of adjacent houses We're Hooded
Even in many streets that are seldom iloou-
cd this occurred for eighty-huudrcdths oi
am inch of wafer fcll within the fifteen min
ute- during which the -sOrm lasted. Al
fonr O'Clock the storm had passed the cii} .
Nobodv had ever seen anything Ike 10 I'M
fhi. latitude before. llall-slone' We're
picked up ana measured and weighed.
one measured no the signal Oiice was TWO
and am eighth inches In diameter. One iul-
lv aS lar-e passed through window INTO
fhe sun Office. Three that were weighed by
reporter of the sun brought down the
scales thrco-luarter- Of 20 pound together
the ayerage weight being quarter oi IL
pound.
Aner aH these facts had been noted, at
ienilOn was directed again % the heavens.
for while a few light sprinkies oi rain tell
after o'clock, it began o. clear up rs IL IN
earnest. and ilst thirty minutes after the
beginning OF The storm the sun came out
smiling rs il nothing az all had happened.
and fine rainbow spanned the eastern
ssy. Almost everybody who lived ON the
east side ri any street went % the other siGe
ID see how his house looked. Windows oi
fine houses bad bcd-guiils. sheets and blan-
kets stuffed into broken panes, ana many
streets that half hour before looked Ike
the residence place OF prosperous citizens
had taken on the wOe-be-oue and Dedrae-
eied look Of "a home Of people who were
rapidly going down the hiii.
o'Donovan Rosa Guilty.
Nrw YORK. April 2s.-rhe jury in the
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