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S. A. Hill — Tornadoes and Hailstorms of April [No. 2, 



8. To sum lip so far as the people are concernecl, the loss of pro- 

 perty was comparatively small owing to the fortunate circumstance of 

 there being no crops on the ground. Had there been such, they must 

 have been utterly destroyed. The damage to the houses will of course 

 be repaired by the people themselves. The loss in grain from the 

 threshing-floors was trifling. It may be necessary to ask for an in- 

 creased talcavi grant for the purchase of cattle ; but the people of this 

 district are averse to taking these advances, and I cannot say at present 

 whether any increase of budget provision will be requisite. Almost all 

 the public buildings require special repairs, most of which have been 

 already taken in hand. — Should any special assistance be required from 

 Government it will be applied for hereafter. 



(2.) Heport on (lie occurrence of a violeni storm accompmied hy hail 

 on the 1st May, 1888, at Shahjahanpiir. 



The storm occurred with violence only in two tahsils, Tilhar and 

 Shahjahanpur. 



(a.) In the west of the Tilhar tahsil (Jaintipur) the storm began 

 at 2 on 1st May 1888 and lasted (along with the hailstornd) till 3-30 

 or so. 



In Tilhar itself it began at 3 p. m. and lasted till 4 p. m. 

 (6.) In Shahjehanpur the storm began at 4 p. m. and lasted till about 

 6 p. m. 



2. (a ) In the west of Tilhar tahsil the wind first came from the 

 west, then it stopped for about 5 minutes and a north wind accompanied 

 by hail set in. 



(6). In Tilhar itself the wind blew from the west, then it turned 

 to the north with hailstones. 



(c.) In Shahjehanpur the wind began from the west, then it 

 turned round quite suddenly without warning to the north and hail 

 fell. 



3. Trees were blown in several cases 10 to 15 yards. Thatched 

 roofs were blown 25 or 30 yards where the wind got a proper hold of 

 them. 



4. The storm began with a west wind which was very violent. 

 The north wind brought hail and was not so violent by any means. 



(o.) I have asked a great many inhabitants of the west of Tilhar 

 tahsil about the size of the hailstones. They all agree that the stones 

 average nearly 3 inches in diameter and that many were longer. 



(6.) In Tilhar the stones are estimated as bigger than gooso 



eggs. 



(c.) In Shahjehanpur the stones were longer, but nothing so very 

 extraordinary. 



