Show UNUSUAL HAIL STORM STRIKES BLANDING one of the most severe and I 1 unusual storms ever recorded record edl in san juan county brin bringing gingi hail stones five and one half inches in circumference was reported to the salt lake weather bureau burcat monday in a letter from the blanding weather station the storm occurred last friday shortly after 10 am and broke houpe roofing throughout I 1 the town i addition to ing a terrible loss to the fruit j crop and gardens according to the letter sent to G K gree ning meteorologist in charge by J frank wright blanding observer reports from workers in the mountains a few miles from blanding stated that the hail stones were even larger the storm was ac ompa nied by b a I 1 loud ro roaring arina which could still be heard affer after it had passed and evidently came from the north mr W wright right stated the aurora borealis appeared the following morning marking its appearance in nine years ana maintained brilliance for more than an hour before fading away the observer reported the moba times independent I 1 |