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Port Tobacco Times, And Charles County Advertiser
Port Tobacco, Charles County, Maryland
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A tremendous hail storm struck parts of Bedford, Franklin, Pittsylvania, Campbell, Charlotte, Appomattox, and Prince Edward counties in Virginia on Saturday fortnight, causing immense damage to the tobacco crop, stripping fields to the stalk and halving the expected yield.
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In many places in this neighborhood, the tobacco has been stripped to the stalk, rendering whole fields of it completely useless.
The Richmond Whig says that there is every reason to believe that the tobacco crop will not amount to more than one half an average yield.
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Primary Location
Bedford, Franklin, Pittsylvania, Campbell, Charlotte, Appomattox, Prince Edward Counties, Virginia
Event Date
Saturday Fortnight And Saturday Last
Outcome
immense damage to tobacco crop; fields stripped to the stalk and rendered useless; expected yield reduced to one half an average.
Event Details
A tremendous hail storm passed through parts of the counties of Bedford, Franklin, Pittsylvania, Campbell, Charlotte, Appomattox and Prince Edward, doing immense damage to the tobacco crop particularly. In many places, the tobacco has been stripped to the stalk, rendering whole fields completely useless. The tobacco crop will not amount to more than one half an average yield.