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The Daily Dispatch: may 29, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 4 (search)
Terrible and destructive hail storm. --Mr. W. J. Porlard informs us that a terrible and destructive hail storm occurred on Wednesday last, extending from Charleston, Tennessee, to Dalton, Georgia Mr. P. was a passenger on the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad, on his way to this place, during the occurrence of the storm. He states that the hail was as large as a full grown walnut, which it fell covering the whole line of the road from Charleston to Dalton. In the ditches on the sides oDalton. In the ditches on the sides of the road, it was in many places two inches deep — the field appearing as though a heavy snow had fallen upon them. Our informant says such a hail storm has never before been witnessed in that section of the country, within the knowledge of the oldest inhabitants. Great destruction has been caused by it. How far it extended on each side of the road, Mr.P. had no means of ascertaining, but appearances indicated that it covered a vast scope of country-- Atlanta (Ga.) Intelligencer, May 23d.