Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-07-18
WIND. HAIL AND RAIN

WIND. HAIL AND RAIN
Combine in the Destruction OF Lilo ~n.-
Property In Several Atlantic Coast staees
| twenty-five Dwellings blown Away sm.
Three Persons Killed at Cherry Hin. y.
1.-The Tobacco Sections OF Conhec.ioes
Devastated.
Struck by . Tornado.
CHERRY HILL, N. j., July IA
tornado swept over this place at $3.50
yesterday afternoon and besides nd
| ding twenty-five families OF their
homes killed three persons outright
and injured many others.
The depot of the New Jersey q New
York railroad was picked up and car
ried up the tracks nearly 200 feet and
then fell on the other side OF the
track. Agent Wetling claims he went
along with part of the depot and was
found under freight car.
A large beam went sliding through
the side of the Reformer church, while
the edifce was knocked two feet OH
its foundation.
Condar Friedman was in the act OF
closing the upstairs shutters. when
the wind blew him out of the window
and he landed on his head on the hay
scales, death being instantaneous.
Mrs. Ahren's body was found in the
ruins when her house and that OF
neighbor were lifted into the air to-
gether and came down in a confused
mass.
Hailstones fell at HaclSensack, B.
mile south of here, but the wind storm.
was not felt.
The Tobacco Sections of Connecticut De-
vastated.
HARTFORD, Conn, July IA de-
structive hailstorm, accompanied by
wind. swept through the tobacco Sec
tions about here yesterday afternoon
between and o'clock, extending
over a track about a mile wide.
Windsor Locks, Suffield, East Hart
ford, Glastonbury. Manchester and
Wethersfeld. were the towns that suf--
fered worst.
In Suffield the tobacco crop is rid
died and partially ruined. At Woods
station. just north of Windsor Locks,
Harvey Fuller, who had sought refuge
in a shed, was struck by lightning and
seriously injured
In Glastonbury hail fell two inches.
deep, and where it fell from the barns
and houses it was eighteen inches
deep. The tobacco crop in that town
and in the south part of East Hartford
is totally ruined. Leaves are stripped
from the trees and the whole section
is devastated.
In this city the hail was heavy, and,
in the southwestern section garden
crops were destroyed. The loss can
not be estimated, as the wires are
down in many places and telephoning
is impossible. 1t will certainly reach.
over $500, 900.
A Premature Twilight.
New YORK, July 14.-Shortly after
o'clock yesterday afternoon the
northern portion of this city was Wis
tied by a heavy rain and hailstorm.
The heavy clouds darkened the upper
part of the city for u quarter of an,
hour before the rain began to fall and
in the midst of what appeared to be a
premature twilight, big drops CT rain
fell, followed by hail stones rs large
as hickory nuts. So far as known
there was no loss of life or severe
bodily injuries. The brcakage of
windows and damage to valuable vege-
tation in gardens and conservatives
was considerable.
It was reported that two row boats
were capsized in the upper Harlem.
but the occupants safely reached
shore.
in the vicinity of One Hundred and
Twenty-sixth street and Lennox ave-
nue there were hundreds of sparrows''
bodies lying on the sidewalk and road
way after the violence of the storm.
had ST. bsided.
Hailstones as Big a. walnuts.
REDBANK. n. J.. July IA severe,
thunder and hailstorm visited this sec
ton last evening. Hailstones as large
as walnuts fell, covering the ground
thiclly and doing considerable dam
age
ct Morrisville the hailstones broke
several windows in the Catholic.
church. Windows in several dwellings
We're also broken. The corn and
berry crops were badly damaged. The
storm lasted about half an hour
Thirty Houses Blown Down.
BROOKLYN, N. Y, July 14.-At 4:l5a
o'clock yesterday afternoon east New
York was visited by a destructive
windstorm. Several large trees ina