Show Big Hailstorm In Maeser Area Causes Damage Hailstones up to m nearly arly an anInch aninch Inch in diameter pelted the I Maeser area Thursday of last week to wreak havoc with crops and gardens and con con- convert convert vert the landscape into n a win win- winter ter scene Swathes were cut through hayfields as the windblown hall cut Irregular patterns in inthe Inthe the short but Intense storm Roof tiles were poking up in the air where they were lifted by the wind and held up by hall hail jammed under neath The attack started at pm when a large black cloud glided in low and after a few preliminary wind blasts ma gunned chine the town Cornfields trees shrubs and flowers had the leaves stripped from them as though a giant hand had peeled them down to the ground Hall was about two Inches deep where it had been jam med up against walls and doorsteps by the high wind About an Inch of water was noticed on some lawns from melting hall Several base base- basements ments In the area were flood ed with some damage to car car- carpets pets Friday morning there were still patches of hall lying In Inthe inthe the area and temperatures were several degrees cooler Alfalfa bloom was damaged which will have an adverse effect on honey production Around reservoir cars pulled over to the side of the road rather than drive through the wan wall of hall hail Some were temporarily stranded on dirt roads A canal culvert overflowed and washed out lawns and gardens in the vicinity In the city high gusts of wind whipped up clouds of dust but precipitation was confined to a few drops of ofrain ofrain rain Water was reported over parts of the Lapoint road and andI I heavy rains splashed Dry DryFork DryFork Fork The wind also blew sand across the road in some sections |