'The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From December 1854 to March 1856. (New Issue.) Edited by the Secretary. Volume XII.' [‎21] (132/258)

ON HAILSTORMS IN INDIA— 1854-55.
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g|. HAILSTORM AT KURRACHEE ON THE 28th JULY 1854.—Lat. 24‘51 n., Long, 67‘2 E. Alt. 10.
On Friday night, a smart shower of hail fell, accompanied by the most awful peals of
thunder. On Saturday the weather was usually warm and oppressive—and about J to 6 p. m.,
the vibrations of an earthquake were distinctly felt all over Kurrachee—houses and furni
ture rocked—it lasted for about two seconds—it appeared to proceed from East to West.
From enquiries made, we learn that the shock was felt at Clifton and Munora also.—
Sindian, August 2.
32.— hailstorm at neemuch on the 1st DECEMBER 1854.—Lat. 24'27 Nq Long. 75.0 e.
Alt. 1,476.
Nkemuch, ith Tjecember. —We had a severe hailstorm here on the morning of the 1st,
accompanied with violent wind, and which did a good deal of damage, uprooting trees and
unroofing houses.
33.— .HAILSTORM AT JOONEER ON THE 6TH AND 7tH DECEMBER 1854. Lat. 19-12 N.,
Long. 74.10 e. Alt. 2000.
On the 6th Dec., at 3 p. m., the Jooneer district was visited by a violent hailstorm suc
ceeded by very heavy rain. The hailstones were of unusually large dimensions ; the direction
of the storm was from N. W. to S. E.—On the 7th Dec., at noon, a more Easterly part of
the same district was visited by a still heavier fall of hail than on the previous day : the hail
stones fell so thickly that they froze together and formed large ice flakes, which were carried
by the natives for several miles and exhibited to their friends as remarkable curiosities. Very
great injury has been done in the immediate locality of these storms by the hail, and by the
torrents of rain which followed. The very promising cereal crops are destroyed, the fruit
trees seriously injured and the fruit beaten off. The Sugar-cane crops have also suffered
greatly, and it is even reported that several persons were killed during the storm, but whether
by the electric fluid or by the hailstones is not stated.— Poona Observer, December 16.
34. HAILSTORM AT POORCNDHUR ON THE llTH DECEMBER 1854.—Lat. 18.42 N , 14 12 E.
Alt- 3,500.
A severe hailstorm was experienced in the Poorundhur Talooka of this Collectorate on the
afternoon of the 11th December, dumber of persons were severely injured by the falling of
large ice-flakes, many of them weighing several pounds, and cattle in considerable numbers
have died from the effects of the storm which, for the time it lasted—about three hours—
was the most severe of any within the recollection of the oldest inhabitant. The hailstorm
was succeeded, as at Jooneer, by a very heavy fall of rain, and the grain crops, gardens,
and fruit trees have suffered greatly therefrom. Poorundhur is situated at a distance of seventy
miles South-east of Jooneer, but we have not yet heard that the intervening districts have
experienced similar phenomena to those above described. f lhere has been no particular
atmospheric disturbance in or around Poona, the climate of which station is now delightful,
as it always is at this time of year.— Poona Observer, December 20.
35.-HAILST0RM AT AURUNGABAD ON THE 24TH DECEMBER 1854.— Lat. 19.54 N., Long. 75.33 E.
A friend writing from Aurungabad on the 27th December, informs us that on the night of
Sunday last, the 24th December, a most terrific storm occurred at that Station, attended with
vivid fork-lightning, rain and hail. The season would appear from this to be quite out of joint
all over the Deccan.— Poona Observer, December 30.
36. HAILSTORM AT JESSORE ON THE 4th & 5th feb. 1855. Lat. Long.
Letters from Jessore mention that heavy rain fell on the 4th and 5th, a ®f tlie P li '" ters ^ 1 ® v .®
consequently commenced sowing. A violent hailstorm also occurred, which had done much
misetdef to the°ryots’ crops, and killed numbers of cattle. The ram seems to have extended
as far as Patna, Cough it was partial in the Nuddea district and Harden.-Lnghshman,
37!— hailstorm at bolarom om the 3rd March 1855-Lat. 17'27 N., Long. 78.35 E. Alt. 1809.
We take the following extract from a letter dated Bolarum, the 6th of March: “ We
had a heavy fall of hail here last Saturday the 3rd ; the trees are all quite stripped of
their leaves, and almost every window with glasses may now be seen with one or two
broken panes. The hail came beating right into the houses, and th ® g round wa *
covered with it. The oldest European inhabitant here declares that he never witnessed
such a sight before either in England or this country ; at the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , twelve miles dis-