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Daily National Intelligencer
Washington, District Of Columbia
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In Providence, R.I., the late storm caused extensive damage to fruit and forest trees due to heavy ice accumulation, far exceeding the 1815 gale; one local gentleman's forest trees suffered over $1000 in losses. Fortunate warm rain prevented worse damage.
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The damage done by the late storm, to fruit and forest trees, must be very great in this part of the country. Nearly all the fruit trees in our vicinity are broken down, or very materially injured; and the woodlands have suffered twice as much as they did by the gale in 1815. One gentleman in our neighborhood states the damage experienced by his forest trees alone, at more than $1000. The weight of the ice, accumulated on the limbs of trees, was, in many instances, about thirty times the weight of the wood itself.
Had a sharp frost set in immediately, it is impossible to calculate the extent of the mischief which would have been occasioned, as the fibres and bark of the trees would have been rendered more brittle, and less capable of sustaining the immense weight of ice with which they were encumbered.
Fortunately, the temperature of the rain which fell during the latter part of the storm, was many degrees above the freezing point.
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Primary Location
Providence, R. I.
Event Date
Late Storm
Outcome
nearly all fruit trees broken down or materially injured; woodlands suffered twice as much as in 1815 gale; one gentleman's forest trees damaged more than $1000; ice weight about thirty times wood weight; potential worse damage averted by warm rain.
Event Details
The late storm caused great damage to fruit and forest trees in the vicinity due to accumulated ice on limbs. Damage exceeded that of the 1815 gale. A sharp frost was avoided, which would have made trees more brittle under the ice load. The latter part of the storm brought rain above freezing point.