Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1911-06-16
A HEAVY RAIN
AND WIND STORM.

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| A heavy rain storm accompanied
by small amount of hail visited
Woodstock last Mondsy afternoon
about 4 o'clock. There was little
damage d the town, but there was
considera bic injury to crops, gardens
sc. in the neighborhood. Two silos
were blown down on the farm OF Mr..
W. 81. Newman and those on the
farms of Messrs. M. B. Wunder and
M. L. Walton were moved on the
foundations.
The little ten-year-old daughter OF
Mr.. Joseph Walker. living on the
farm of Mr.. W. H. Newman had start
ed to bring in the COWS. The storm
overlook her before she could reach
the house and she found shelter near
the silos. When the silos were blown
down she was caught under one OF
them, and was painfully injured! 1t
was at first reported that she was
fatally injured. She Is now i'm
proving.
About Maurertown the storm was
more severe; the roofs OF the barns of
Messrs. Lee Sager and Philip Koontz
were blown off, number of apple
trees were blown down in Mr.. Samuel
Shaver's orchard, and many other
trees we're uprooted.
Nearly all the window panes in
the joint railroad station at Stras-
burg Junction were smashed by the
hail, and one freight car was un-
rooted. The storm was very furious
in that section for while.
Another electrical and hailstorm
more Sc we're than the storm of Sunday
night, caused a great deal of damage
in certain sections of Frederick and
adjoining counties late Monday after
noon, and according to the reports
received by The Star, il was the worst
in several years.
The rain fell fast in Winchester and
when all thought the storm had about
subsidized hail began falling. Some of
the hailstones were as large as wall
nuts, but the lower atmosphere was
warm at the tire, and the hail melted
Ga the sidewalks and streets and in
gardens and yards almost as soon as
it fell. Little damage resulted in this
city.
In portions of Frederick county,
however, the farmers suffered consid- |
cradle damage, those of Stephens City
and vicinity being the worst sufferers
from the storm.
It was stated at Stephens City this
that e great deal of wheat
had not only been blown fiat to thel
ground, but that much of It was cutI
off by the hail. Some of the farmers
said they did not expect to cut what /
while others were more
optimistic and stated that the wheat
would very likely rise again.
DR.. P. B. Stickley, of Stephens
City, however, lost one entire field of |
wheat from the hail. Many other
fields were cut up badly.
Hundreds of chickens we're caught
10 the storm in the vicinity o. Ste
phens City, and scores which were
terrified and unable to reach their |
roosts were killed by the hail. Some
of the hailstones were two inches
thick, and they came down with fu-
rious force.
Mr.. Amos H. Cooper, of Opequon,
stated today that the storm was very
severe in that part of the county |
about O'Clock. He had two fine |
colts in field, and both were struck |
dead by the lightning. He valued
them at $780, Winchester Star.
One of the worst hail and wind
storms in the history Of the Atlantic
eaboard last evening over the Mid |
die Atlantic States and Baltimore
felt it's fury. The storm melted out
death and destruction, score of per-
sons being reported killed in the lower
peninsula of Virginia and Pennsyl- |
vania.. The wind assumed acyclone
effect in Philadelphia. where loss OF
property is great, The total loss to-
the area visited will mount into the
millions.
In Baltimore and v icinity the dam
age is conseryatively placed at $780, |
600, of which fully $4,000 was done