Big storm with hail in Hradec Králové in 1904

The turn of the spring and summer of 1904 was marked by a long-lasting drought. After the hot sunny days, people waited with hope when the sky started to cloud that some moisture would finally fall on the parched fields and pastures. But hey, on June 21 of the same year, something completely different than expected came. On the north-western horizon, low, heavy and massive clouds with yellow-grey breakthroughs appeared, which foretold...