COUNCIL FOR 1893. 
15 
of hail occurred, locally, along a belt from Boston to Richmond. 
The worst visitations were at Harrogate and Richmond, at, or 
near both of which, hundreds of thousands of panes of glass 
were smashed, some hailstones being five inches in diameter. 
Many animals, such as lambs, were killed, and a corrugated iron 
roof was actually pierced. Photographs of the hailstones were 
taken by Mr. Metcalfe, of Richmond. These show strikingly 
the structure of these remarkable ice masses, which do not 
seem to have been agglomerations of smaller stones, as there 
is marked concentric structure. 
The cumulative totals for the three wettest months, from 
1841*, are August, 144T5 ; October, 141 * 14 ; July, 14087; 
next comes September, 12390. 
Four Floods of seven feet and more occurred, namely, 7ft. 
8ins., on February lltli; 7ft. 1 Oft, on the 15th ; 12ft. bin., on 
March 3rd (still 10ft. on the 5th), and 8ft. on December 14th. 
The water was at Summer level on 56 days, although the 
number would have been much larger had it not been so 
constantly drawn off in April, May, and August. From March 
24th to September 30tli the water was never more than a foot 
above Summer level except once in June, three times in July, 
and once in August. These values are taken from the daily 
records from the Ouse Bridge Ouage, kindly supplied for so 
many years by Mr. Stephenson. We are for the first time able 
to present as well the results (from mid-August) given by the 
automatic recorder erected by Mr. A. Greer, the City Surveyor, 
at the Guildhall Offices. We have pleasure in recording this as 
one result of the action taken in consequence of the disastrous 
flood of mid-October, 1892. The City Council, with the co¬ 
operation of the North Riding County Council, has also caused 
guages to be erected at Richmond on the Swale and Ley burn 
and Ripon on the Ure, with arrangements for telegraphic 
despatches whenever the waters rise. These are posted by Mr 
Creer upon a bulletin board outside the Guildhall, whenever 
the water is high. 
The numbers in the column “ visibility ” are obtained by 
observations on the West Riding Hills, values of 1,2, and 3 
being assigned according as they are “ visible,” “ clear,” or 
* By a misprint the corresponding paragraph last year had 1871 for 1841. 
