Show WIRES VIRES SNAPPED I DY BY HAILSTONES Auto Tops Riddled By Missiles in iii Storm in iii Canada CALGARY Albert July 20 By 20 By The Associated Press HaiLstones Hailstones said to have been as large as base base- baseballs baseballs balls bails which cut a swath a mile wide west of Cochrane Alberta last night broke down telephone wires by snap- snap snapping snapping I ping sing them off the poles tore holes through the tops of cars traveling on the highway and piled up from a foot and a half to two feet high by the side of the road Samples of the stones brought into Calgary four hours after the storm were still large enough to seriously injure any anyone one hit by them Reports received at the Calgary of of- of offices offices of the Alberta government tele tele- telephone telephone telephone phone system said that hailstones measuring four inches in diameter fell at Ghost river when the storm hit there A A. closed car arrived in Cochrane with the top completely riddled bringing with it more than half an inch of rain within less ess than half an hour another violent storm roared across Calgary in the afternoon to the accompaniment of a spectacular electrical demonstration CALEXICO Calif July 20 By 20 By The Associated Press A Press A freak desert storm made weather history for Im Ins- Imperial Imperial penal valley yesterday esterday when hall and two inches of rain fell feil within 30 min mm- minutes utes The temperature dropped suddenly from Irons to 62 The average annual rainfall for Calexico Is a little over three inches The unprecedented July downpour flooded stores and broke power lines Lightning caused considerable damage |