The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-21

Town is on Peters Brook. Peters Bro"S has q
habit 81 rising a loot ever time the iNIi l,hn
arc cI FIrnnI schenrI Dewitt ict oy jo I'm line.
Charles and William Hall. Jlichard Fie, DIS.
iii n'G have families some. OF them large onrs.
They work in Ten fyck brickyard close b1
rose with great rapidity. There was no time
10 think OF household goods. Tue men grabbed
the children anu tn women ioii2 i.s,e to Van
They say that ilitcen minutes later their own
houses were standing in Tour icet OF water.
There was two feet there when they sent tho
An attempt to enumerate the damage that
would w"s I0 III /" large 6@oE; TvorywGere tho
storm hi; j hurt. Big fields OF corn We're torn
Iict 0H Hoe IS tho brooklyn dry goods mcr-
chant. Orchards were destroyed, The rain
and hail nO" into the "na tss to%n
clszirr. said when asked to estimate the dam
"E' II Would he All easer Job to tell who hasn't
suffered from broken glass than who has
He was asked for the names u some OF tho
Take the directory. he said, = and copy
from to y. I've got orders already that re-
auire two car loads OF glass and I've sent for
Every one OF the churches in the village. the
public school house and all the other public
There were many instances reported where
the hail often driving through the glass had
A curious feature q the storm was It's 70.
tally to the birds. The Court House square
IN filled with tall trees. Sparrows and all
manner Of birds seemed to have tai gen refuge
In the trees when THE SuS reporter visited
tho square yesterday the ground was covered
with dead birds. It was not rossibleto step IN
any direction without stepping on them; In
that square alone. there seemed to be thou
sands The hail had killed them. Dead lirds
could lie seen everywhere IN the town. nut
nowhere "a many a. there we're in the sdnare.
The foliage suffered everywhere. Tho town
rested under n he'd OF leaves. Some trees
were literally stripped OF leaves. though tho
branches seemed uninjured. The northwest
side OF aoven out Of ten Of the houses wer"
been driven into the paint. and they cot ld only
be soraped Off. ON some houses tho raint was
ocraped oil in streRks as II n sharp stone had
been run down their sidcs
Man i, prone to lie about the size Of ilsh and
the aize OF hailstoncs. ordinarily man calls |
nuts" A man with perverted MIND might |
say that the hailstnnrs that landed in S"rner- |
willie were MS ig as chickens. and he wouldn't !
be lying any harder than the walnut liar. THE |
Bun reporter didn't lake anv chances. lie i
brought pail OF the stones 20 New York a. ,
evidence. Some Of them actually were is ldrg" |
es wa nuts. ll"was scoN-,! at and asked wnere |
he'd found the ira house until corrohorativo !
evidence came III tho shape OF n citizen OF /
who had spent tho dav in Son"r- |
vile; He brought with him ionr;ronnd
hunk OF hail taken IRON the same pile that the
brought to New York had been gathered -
hours after they fell Naturally they had half ,
melted. When they fell some OF them must
have heen larger thar walnuts, A Somcryllie
could not be put intU,a lumber. Every north
west corner in town had its pile OF hailstoncs
The lrrgest pile was at the schoolhouse. At
b o'clock It was three ieet high.