Hail sometimes does immense damage. In 1879 it destroyed most of the glass used by market gardeners in the Thames Valley, England. A great hailstorm in 1846 broke 7000 panes of glass in the Houses of Parliament, 10,000 panes in a building in Leicester square, and all the windows of the picture gallery at liuckingkam Palace.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19970, 11 December 1926, Page 20
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56Page 20 Advertisements Column 2 Otago Daily Times, Issue 19970, 11 December 1926, Page 20
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