Smyrna times., 1866-08-01
Maryland AffairS.

| h"I EMIL !NJC JCRED.-Robcrt BOStwick, Esq
sustained quite serious injury one day last
week ne was on load of grain, when the
horses made sudden start throwing Nr r
upon fork which he was using at tbc TINA
one OF the tines piercing through his side. nass.
ing out III the small of the back. Notwitb-
standing the dangerous character of the wound
ne Is fast recovering. CrUmpton Gt.ette.
The STORM OF THURSDAY NIGHT
Struct'om V Property violent thunder
storm which passed over this county ON Thnrs-
oay night occaslOncd considerable loss of pron
erty The barn Of Mr.. James Wilson. senior
near ialena, was struck by lightning and burn.
ed, with most of its contents including con.
siderable quantity of corn. The stackyard of
Mr. D w. Aldrdge, near Chesterville. was
also struck by lightning and burned. The
storm was accompanied with hail in the lower
part OF the country, and a number of corn
aS 1eldS ana orchards were greatly damaged The
noodgates at " haland' 5 mill were partially ear
rled away. which will cause a su.nens;on Of
grinding for short time -k'cnt .Neus
-, TERRIFIC STORM ON THE SrsoUEHAyS.-
me Ae'o RM7road Br6lge BI0un 1r1Il-
'DGm"ge at Pert DcposH THE storm of wind
ana ram on Wednesday night was felt with
~ !l8nCiul violence on the Susquchanna, par
tlcularly at Havre de Grace and PORT Drnn.;t
OF Port Deposit, the rain being accomnaniad
Dy nan OF the largest description, and ON the
rEeT sue OF IN: town there was scarcely .
wnole pane OF glass lett in the windows iTbn
ram IeII IN torrents, after the haiistorm. and
dwellings, were perfectly deluged. iniurinr mmrL
valuable furniture. In some instances sbovnIc
haq 70 be used to clean parlors and chambers
At Havrc,, de Grace the rain and hail was
buf f,l,o l. IL
the wind rose very high it being described ~
a perfect tornado, striking the new LrJro a. a.
the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Raltimora
rallroad and literally lifting the wooden snans
~ ~ course OF construction from off the stone
aD0uImentS. There were thirteen Snans and
a.. were Diown away except the two connectino
with the Cecil and Hartford shores Two &c
the centre spans were blown high in the air
in1 Iel IN the river some three hundred feet
1elow the stone abutments. There were two
men on one OF these spans, and they miracu
ousiy escaped injury, being taken from the
SrecK In the rver after the blow, which only
aSted some twenty minutes
n more complete wreck OF. materials con {
carrc,ey be imagined than was seen in the river !
IA lnursday; huge beams were twisted and
cnt III twain whilst several tugs were constant t
= r engaged IN picking up and towing 20 places r
s!lcty Sucn Oi the wreck as had not foated 5
Ut INTO the bay; The loss to the railroad com.
any, although heavy, will be less than ot t;r',
suhlated, as much of the wooden material cam a
uSed again Parties at IIavre-de-(iracr o.. q
mate the loss as from SljO, 900 to 5000 O00
Is thought that 1t will take another wear to d
gam put up the structure which the wind de-. .
royed in few moments. The immansa S,o,,o ~" .
outments are uniniurcd 0'V''O I
1t appears that the tornado only extondod r.
ilttIc more than the width of the river
ne only damage to property in the town of T
= " -oe-urace was the blowing down ofseve- L
i frame buildings in the course of erection
! I inc furnace company These were stuat- ii
near the bank OF the river
DEATH OF JAMES l.. DAVIS, Owe re- IL
ct to announce that the accident to this gen lI nI
'man, on the 9TH instant, by which his right VI ~
Of was cut with saw, terminated fatally, of ao
;kJaw, on Saturday last.-Rent NetoS. =.
ACCIDENT TO AN ExCURsToN.-On Monday tn
It the steamer Kent Island made an excur. fo
IN to Annapolis from Baltimore On the
urn trip, when about two miles out from A,
lnapOlls fight was raised among them hv a
Dwd of : ruffs, who broke up the furn;tnro
the boat, smashed the ice cream stand 70
ices, and played the mischief generally In
; melee hftcen men were thrown oyrrhoard
Gi tne,@ were sun missing on Tuesday in.
''""I'tUH UUZCICC. jas
Jol. James Merrick was prostrated h., mo VI
oke at Centrevllle, Md, ON Tuesday Of IS aut and
, 0,,'''U' =, gin
lAfiLLhoAD lf MEETING. G.-An adjourned n,o. to
OF ? t6e friends OF the Kent Comfy P.i meet, be
N TieiH at hennedyville on the 26tb ;nnt org
NJ Ma Scow 'SgS, ESQ., IN the Chair, and q II airy
T. NY, secretary. " L. con
;, r. r''., "i'lef, Engineer, reported b;S o are
townsend M to Masseys Cross ms Raav surveys of
oo9 9[e former costing Sis baus, tbo IL gra,
0'0oo' 0 iaCIcT be $