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Show HAILSTORM I One Life Lost at Ithaca I and Homes Are H Blown Down H New York, May 2. A severe elec- H trlcal storm made playthings of tele H phone and telegraph wires through- jH out Now York state last nlghL Tho H local weather bureau predicts contin- H ued high winds for tho next 24 hours H and it is likely that communication H by wire will he badl crippled. H At Ithaca, a hailstorm caused dam- H ago to property and the loss of one jH life. At Syracuse several houses wero H blown down and the city was In dark- H ness all nlghL H In southwestern Now York tho wind. H attained hurricane velocity and wires H aro down in all directions today. The H property loss v 111 be very heavy. The H SL James hotel, at Cuba, N. Y., was H unroofed and ono man was killed. H |