The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-09-18
THE BONBARDMENT OF HAIL
Yesterdays Storm VIII Not Soon be
Forgotten.
NEARLY $4,000 PANES BROKEN !
Several People Narrowly Escaped Being
Killed-Many Buildings Sustain Con-
siderable Damage and Glaciers Are
Busy In All Parts Of the Town.

ton OF the oldest inhabitants. Ihe town has
many times suffered from rain storms of
great severity and it is not stranger to
billiards, but the cyclonic sweep of last
evening beat all. Such hail stones as fell
were the greatest kind of curiosties Here
tofore hailstones of the size Of plums
have been tho standard in this section,
but yesterday they were eclipsed by
thousands of pieces comparing favorably
with hen S eggs in size. The damage done
was considerable, but it is surprising that it
was not more extensive. Great Jumps of ice
driven by fearful gale swept against the
building with force that threatened to beat
down everything in their path 1t is also
considered remarkable that bodily injury was
not inflicted. II. c. Folmer and Alex.
Sneddon found hailstono measuring 6i
inches in circumference.
A sharp electrical charge accompanied the
storm and many cases of narrow escapes were
reported. Robert Fishburn says bolt
struck the ground so close to him that sew
eral minutes elapsed before he became salts
fed that he had not shaken off the mortal
coil Druggist Kirlin says a shaft Of light
ming toyed with his cash register for two or
| three seconds. He stood a few feet from the
machine and was momentarily paralyzed by
the shock. Mr.. Kirlin says it was the most
\ glaring attempt at till tapping he ever wit
3, messed
| James Meyer, of West Cherry street, had a
| thrilling experience during the storm. He
had been delivering goods down the valley
and was driving through Lost Creek No.
when the storm appeared to be at its height.
A gale struck the wagon, lifted it clean off
the road and threw the vehicle upon its side.
Mr.. Meyer and miner riding with him were
1,l l,,,4 a. /
injury. When the wagon was thrown the
horse took fright and plunged madly until it
succeeded in breaking away The horse was
caught at Brownsville and taken back to haul
the badly wrecked wagon home.
1t is certainly an i'll wind that blows no.
body good luck and the storm was gale of
good fortune for the window glass dealers
They found difficulty in meeting the sudden
and enormous demand for glass last night
At no other time in the history of the bor-
ough has so much glazing been done at one
time 1t is estimated that from 12 900 to IL, 900
panes of glass were destroyed by the hail.
The storm came from the north and
windows facing that direction were
bombarded as if by cannons. But
there were many remarkable develop
ments. For instance: the Rescue H. & l..
Company's building at the foot of Locust
Mountain presented brOadside to the storm
There is nothing for protection between the
building and the mountain yet all but six
of the panes in the many windows escaped,
while the German Parochal school and the
McMenamin properties, with similar locations
on Line street, looked as if they had been
stormed by canister, Another peculiar in
stance was furnished at the corners of Main
and Lloyd streets. On the north side of the
building at the southwest corner, occupied
by Jeweler Holderman, IL panes within a
small area were shattered. The L. j.
Wilkinson property is located at the south
west corner and extends $50 feet east on
Lloyd street, presenting large area of glass
to the storm, yet in the thirty-one windows
only one pane was broken. In additional
; contrast with this the OHara property,
located just east of Mr.. Wikinson's, and
which is in great measure protected by
trees, lost II panes.
The storm played havoc with several of the
school buildings and as the great hail stones
pelted through the window panes and into
the school rooms the children became greatly
alarmed. In several instances panics were
barely averted Many children we've struck
by the hail and this, with the accompanying
gale and vivid flashes Of lightning, caused
them to become terror stricken Fortu-
nately the teachers succeeded in pacifying
and holding them under restraint until the
storm abated.
review Of the damage caused by the
storm showed that nearly all the buildings
on the south sides of Line, Coal, Lloyd,
Centre, Oak and Cherry streets suffered more,
or less, and many of them extensively. The
Delaney property at the corner of Centre
street and Pear alley lost IA panes of glass,
the Ferguson House IA, Egan building II
and east of that place to Plum alley, includ-
ing the rear of the Kendrick House, on
north side, so panes were wrecked The uu-
protected north side of the Dougherty build
ing at the corner of Centre and
Jardin street, escaped without a
break. In the Centre street school building
16 panes were shattered. The old White
: street school building lost 32 panes and the
High school building 8. The Schloss resi-
dence ON North Main street also suffered
One Of the large panes and two small ones in
the new White street school building were
ruined, John A. Lewis has "a panes to re-
place in his West Cherry and Laurel street
properties. In the building of Joe Rayt-
kiewicz on West Cherry street 27 panes were
II broken. The Grant mansion lost 8, but the
H FIVE three-sOry buildings on the south side OF
: Ook strea, between West and Chestnut
formerly owned by c. E. Titman, with &c
large windows fully exposed to the storm
escaped with only the cracking of one pane
The stained glass front of E. J. Brennan's
= place on West Cherry street suffered con.
{ siderably and part of p. ]. Mulholland'f
ornamental window on East Centre street
also fell before the hail.
Several Of the churches also suffered and
the Annunciation rectory presented
bombarded appearance. Six parts of the
stained glass in the front of the church were
wrecked and nine in the Methodist Episco
nal church The p NJ church and ma rson,