Show TERRIFIC HAILSTORM the follon following wing is a dispatch from washington dated april 27 the signal office furnishes the following report from the signal service observer at baltimore the heaviest hailstorm on record at this station passed over baltimore from the northwest to the southeast between and 4 p m many thousands 0 of windows in the city were br broken olen the damage being confined mainly to the western exposure many runaways are reported some horses and carriages were abandoned in the streets their owners leaving them to seek shelter it is probable thata that a number of people were injured as the hailstones were very large some of them measuring more than two inches in diameter and weighing more than four ounces each the he extent of the damage is not yet ascertained but it must have been very great A very heavy rain fell with the hall hail eight tenths of an inch falling between 3 45 and 4 rpm p m many of the car tr tracks acks at the foot of the hills are covered to a depth of six inches with soil washed down upon them the wind at attained a velocity of 40 miles per hour rapidly decreasing after the passage of the storm the hail ball went through thick panes of glass as though they were tissue paper and the amount of the damage will run up into the thousands some borne of the hailstones were ragged and sharp on the edges as a steel blade hens birga eggs were nothing to them in size many of them bere rere er as large as a marks mans flat fist the came from the west was local character and swept to the eat with ith a rattle like heavy musketry ket ry frightening the people out of their wits hitting those who were on the streets many hard bard knocks and driving them into places of shelter there was a perfect niagara of water with the hail stones or rather chunks of ice almost instantly the street pavements were flooded from two to three inches deep and the man who w ho remained on the streets was elmost in danger of losing josing his life the hail ball drove the horses wild those that drew the street cars became uncontrollable able and the drivers were compelled to let them have their own way the people in the cars became panic stricken and many of them crouched trembling on the floor of the cars praying for rescue frow from the elements while the drivers dodged the serial missiles as best they could all over the city the damage was heavy in charles street the windows looked as if they had been on a battlefield in the annexe annece the rain wind and hall hail did more severe damage than in the city walls were swept down houses unroofed glass smashed anti ana other damage done |