With the news from Budapest that hail stones as big as fowls' eggs fell during a storm which swept Hungary comes the intelligence that hail stones as big as plates fell near Shenchow in pan during the recent inundations there, A certain amount of reserve should always be attached to such reports, whether from Budapest or Honan, there being a. difference the size of different kinds of fowls' cogs and plates. Nevertheless the story from Honan carries the stamp of truth. It tells the tale of terrific damage done to buildings jand numerous casualties among both human beings and domestic animals. Houses collapsed under the shower of stones, unprotected cattle were killed instantly, and fen and women who were without iter were severely battered.
storms of such severity are unique, whether the estimates of the size of the stones is are credible or net, And that such a storm should come to a district already badly afflicted by floods adds other item to the list of troubles from which the people are suffering.
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