New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-06
4 DESTRUCTIVE UAILSIOR-u.
MUCH DAMAGE DONE IN PENNSYLVANIA.
CROPS DESTROYED TREES AND sHRUBBERY DAM
AGED AND GLASS BEOKEN-TEAINs DE-
LAyED-pEOpLE DRIVEN TO SHELTER
BY THE HNLSTONES.

BY THE MILESTONE
Philadelphia. July j.-Probably the severr'' ha'i,
storm that Ia, visited this section In years P''N'i
aver n. northern part Of Philadelphia between Il and
: O'Clock thi, evening. The rain which ac'ohpl''"'
It was very heavy. flooding III" streets ana ''''IN'
Uail,toncS nearly an inch IN diameter frll rT i"iIS
fifteen minutes, breaking thousands 90 pancs oI VIII
dow glass and cutting trees and shrubbNrS !" p"'''.
\ gale blow during the prevalence of the STORM anu
much damage done To trees ana Insecure ""'"
Ing, ard fences. Reports from points IN Inc eastern
part Of the state indicate that the storm was very
heavy and did much damacc There was som" anxiety
about the Delaware peach crop bat dispatches 10 h'
United Press say the storm dId not extend To That
state
Reading Penn. July 5.-Thi. city was visited by n
hallStorm thlS afternoon. which for d"'tru'nV'h"'N
c~lip,cd all rrevions storms o, the Kind sine" 1886
rhr storm originated about three mile, wc~' 81 h''n'
ns and covered a width Of about four miles Shortly
before O'Clock bl.ch cloud appeared In the western
horizon and moved eastward rapidly. Twenty minutes
later The streets " a." city wcr" covered win ''i
and water. and The toy sewers bccam" eh"kri Dem;
entirely too mall 70 carry of even onei"nth oi Inc
water. Grain. corn. oats. flowers grapes ana o'h'r
fruits wcrc stripped of likc leaves. The vineyards on
Mount Penn completely ruined and "a" owners 40
ro' expect 10 obtain than per cent of the crop
Many Of these vineyards covered acres and there i
nothing left hu The vine.
south Of Reading. specially along tho Schuylk
Valley. the destruction (" CROPS was very great the
wheat. rye ana crops not yet cut have been lev
cllrd to The ground. and many Of the fields were
flooded.
At Iirdshoro hail fell t0 the depth of three Inches
md I'm some places piled up 10 depth OF
nearly foot.
The stones were the size OF hickory nuts ana fell
rapidly that pedestrians In the city w"r" driven
from tho sidewalks. street car horses became nm
mana ag,able from the p"ng bail and th" driv't' were
ccmpcll,d 10 top the cars and seek shelter IN
the southern md northeastern parts Of the cty many
cellar, were flooded and I'm somc instances the water
rI he'd through buildings running carpets. etc. The
down pour vas terrible and nothing o the KIND has
ever been experienced in the recollection Of the Old
,st inhabitants.
Al Eoycrs Ford trains were delayed twenty min
utc, by the track being flooded. y passenger train
got Into thr at rh cnlXville nnd remained In
IL until il va, near TottStown. The storm Is de-
-cr'hcd 20, terrific and the hail pcltng Tho roof, of
the car. clus,d Qu.ts PANIC anon, The passengers
Ihe storm var accompanied BY thunder and lignt
ming. go,
II IS believed that the damage in the Schrykil
Valley will reach many thousands 4 dollar. lh
.,, ., tn holl0u-t> in thi, city and In IN" Track
~ The storm shattered and thousands Of yonng
plants ruined. Tie beautiful flowers ana pI1h'
which were just set ont 10y The Reading Company ~
thr Reading station. were cut 10 Pcc"s me
Reading forge In Norih Eishth-'. no"dcd 10
d.uih a., four feet and IN" nrss had 10 be- drawn
and the worns hut down.