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Domestic News
April 29, 1797
The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
A severe hail storm in St. Thomas's parish destroyed gardens, crops like pease and rye, killed birds and partridges, and left three inches of hail, as reported in a letter dated 28th ult.
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Extract of a letter from a gentleman in St. Thomas's parish, dated the 28th ult.
" On Sunday evening last I hardly thought I should ever have seen you again. Between 9 and 10 at night, we had a hail storm here, which lasted about half an hour : after it was over, so that we could venture out to see who was alive, we found the hail 3 inches deep. The whole of my garden was totally destroyed ; pease that would have been fit to-eat in a fortnight, were torn all to pieces; and every thing in the garden underwent the same fate : my rye field that was all shot out, was cut down, just as if it had been done with the scythe ; the poor birds were all found dead under the trees ;and I saw twenty or thirty partridges, that were found by the negroes, pelted to death. In short, I never in my time, nor does any person I have conversed with since the storm, remember such an event. There is not a peach left on any of the trees, every one being beat off by the hail ; I measured some of the hail stones; they were three inches round."
" On Sunday evening last I hardly thought I should ever have seen you again. Between 9 and 10 at night, we had a hail storm here, which lasted about half an hour : after it was over, so that we could venture out to see who was alive, we found the hail 3 inches deep. The whole of my garden was totally destroyed ; pease that would have been fit to-eat in a fortnight, were torn all to pieces; and every thing in the garden underwent the same fate : my rye field that was all shot out, was cut down, just as if it had been done with the scythe ; the poor birds were all found dead under the trees ;and I saw twenty or thirty partridges, that were found by the negroes, pelted to death. In short, I never in my time, nor does any person I have conversed with since the storm, remember such an event. There is not a peach left on any of the trees, every one being beat off by the hail ; I measured some of the hail stones; they were three inches round."
What sub-type of article is it?
Disaster
Weather
Agriculture
What keywords are associated?
Hail Storm
Crop Destruction
Bird Deaths
St Thomas Parish
Where did it happen?
St. Thomas's Parish
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
St. Thomas's Parish
Event Date
Sunday Evening Last
Outcome
garden totally destroyed; pease torn to pieces; rye field cut down; birds found dead under trees; twenty or thirty partridges pelted to death; no peaches left on trees; hail stones three inches round and three inches deep
Event Details
Hail storm between 9 and 10 at night, lasting about half an hour