Inter-Mountain Republican | 1906-06-11 | Page 3 | Hail Storm Kills Birds

I HAIL STORM KILLS BIRDS BIRDS- Pin Plate I c G Glass Ims Windows s hulo a and 11 Glow ll Ing Crops Su IlI N N. Y y Juno June A 10 10 A second hall hail hal storm following that o of last nl night ht visited c central Ontario county today causing cau damage amountIng amountIng amount amount- Ing to thousands of dollars The hail hai I fell In great quantities and th the ho stones wore were from i the time size of peas upward sonic some weighing two and amid a half holf ounces At the time summer home of 10 F. F E E. Thomp ThomI- son on of New York elt city time tho great greaL greenhouses wore vere wI n destroyed and nn time the containing rare iare birds from alt all parts farts of the time world was destroyed and many of the birds escaped Expensive ornamental windows were smashed In all al of the churches dozens of business places s lost tine lIne plate glass display windows and ant the hall hail penetrated pene pene- rated roof skylights doing much Jene- Jene damn dam age Dge In the countr country crops are aro largely ruined anti and ant trees have havo boon ben bereaved of or their foliage Dead Deat birds fallen falen trees antI and broken branches fill iiii 11 the streets anti and ant roads Horses and cattle In pastures suffered and ant fatalities catte ane among stock ae are arc Several persons were severely In Injured injured In- In by ly he lie hal hall imail and amid telegraph and telephone wires are mo out of business or 01 severely crippled m Iii the time country the 51 sight hL Is a sorry orry one promising crops being a driven 1 Into Ino the mud and amid hopelessly dama damaged In et places the hailstones were found Cound In drifts some Inches deep eel Time Tho storm was accompanied by age high winds that also did great geat dam dam- ly