The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-06-06
HAIL, RAIN
AND WIND
Violent Storm Strikes ANA
TIIIO and Causes Much
Minor Damage

Hail that punched holes through
corrugated iron, rddled patent roof
Ing, smashed sky lights and windows.
Vplintored shingles on roofs, and
crashed against buildings like rifle
fire. Such a hail storm that even
old settlers admitted that 1t was tho
equal OF record breakers in the past
swept over Amarillo at o'clock yes
terday evening and left plenty of real
wreckage IN It's path, After the citi-
Gems had recovered a normal degree
OF composure after the storm, they
found the actual damage was consd-
erably less than they had feared
while the hail. wind and lightning
were at work, But today the dealers
in window glass and carriage work
men are realizing today that the
storm was a great trade bringer In
their lines and are accordingly maxi
ing profit on account of the damage
done
Caused Dangerous Runaways.
Coming just before o'clock many
buggies, delivery wagons and other
vehicles were on the streets, Al
though the storm has been threaten
ing for an hour or so, 1t broke upon
the town with great suddenness and
with a violence that frightened men
and beast alike Big hail stones,
many OF which measured four and
five inches in circumference, pelted
down so rapidly that the ground was
covered almost Immediately with
them. Drivers of vehicles in most
cases had no opportunity to get to
shelter with their teams and the
punishment from the hall stones
drove horses frsnuc. Where they
had been tied along the street they
plunged in thc, harness and in many
cases broke loose and ran away IN
the storm. The damage to vehicles
from the wreckage caused by such
runaways is large but fortunately no
serious injuries to either horses or
men resulted from the runaways,
Heavy Damage to Glass and Roofs.
North and west windows unpro-
tected by screens were wrecked all
over town. In the city building
nearly all the windows are exposed
to the violence Of the storm and to-
day these windows and the big sky
light are riddled. IN the Famous
store, the skylight broke early in the
storm and the resulting down pour
OF water on the contents caused more
or less damage to stock. Corrugat-
ed iron and shngle roofs suffered
from the storm but the greatest dam
age was on various patent roofing on
warehouses and similar buildings. At
the new Lyric theater the roof over
the stage building was chopped into |
pulp in spots and rain which drove
through the breaks did some damage |
to properties and wardrobes below.
An Unusual Electrical Storm.
No damage has been reported from
the lightning during the storm but
the vivid and continuous flashes
while the storm was in progress
proved the heavily charged condition
of the atmosphere. Yesterday many
people noticed that gas and electric
fixtures behaved strangely and some |
noticed the discharge of sparks on
the contact of suitable objects. Many
telephones were burnt OUT during the
storm and the local exchange is busy
today getting the lines back into
commission Wind reached for few
minutes a velocity Of forty-five miles
per hour. The entire rainfall In
Guiding the water from the hail was
only .32 of an inch but this coming
as it did all in 4 few minutes looked
to be much greater.