The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-11-28
TERRIBLE TORNADO.
Great Loss ii LiIe and PrOparty


The storm king held grand carnival
this week. Commencing his work by an
earthquake in New Mexico, it was followed
BY the almost complete destruction OF
Tuscumbia, Alabama In Baltimore, Md.
ii was very destructive. We give the
following accounts cleaned from the daily
papers of Tuesday and Wednesday;
The Americda Of Tuesday says;-The
gale that broke over this city just before
two O'Clock yesterday afternoon was the
severest we have known for years, although
the destruction wrought by il was confined
to a comparatively small area. Its full
force was felt in the northwestern section
Of the city, the elevation Of which exposed
it to all the power and fury Of the wind.
On Gilmor, Stricken, Carey, Oregon and
other streets in that vicinity, on Harlem
lane and on Pennsylvania avenue houses
were unroefed, chimneys blown down aud
trees stripped Of their branches. About
one hundred buildings were damaged TO
greater or less extent, aud the amount OF
the loss may be calculated at from sixty to
seventy thousand dollars. Twelvepersons
suffered various injuries, and some were
seriously hurt, but there is no reason to
apprehend fatal consequences to but one.
The scene when heavy timbers were being
whisked away like straws by the devastat-
ing blast, houses falling in ruins and
dense cloud casting the obseurity of twi-
light over the streets was painfully grand
The tclegraphic reports from elsewhere,
bring the news of other ealamities caused
by the November hurricane. The town
Of Tuseumbia, Alabama, is almost totally
wrecked, dozen of its citizens have been
killed, and one-third Of It's residences des
troyed At Washington, Richmond, Phil
adelphia, Trenton, New York, and at
various points in the west and Southwest,
gales have occurred since Sunday night,
but 10 great harm has been done except in
Alabama.
Dispatches give further particulars of
the damage wrought by the fierce tornado
that passed over the country on Sunday
and Monday from South to- North The
town of Tuscumbia Alabama, suffered
most severely Ten persons were killed,
a number were seriously wounded, and
more than three hundred were rendered
homeless The loss in property is put
down at half million of dollars. A des-
patch was sent to the President from the
municipal authorities asking for donation
of army rations to feed the destitute, but
he was Obliged to direct the Secretary of
War to reply that the appropriations for
the subsistence of the army were barely
sufficient to purchase the necessary supplies
for the soldiers. Nothing can be done
without the sanction of Congress. The
round house Of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company, at Keyser, Mineral
county, West Virginia, was blown down,
and one workman was killed, and several
Others seriously wounded A sharp gale
swept over the Lakes, and considerable
damage was done to shipping, The
schooner Augustus Ford was blown ashore
on the Canada side of Lake Erie, at Port
Maitland, on Monday night, and four of
the crew were frozen to death. The
schooner Lily, while lying at anchor in
Portland harbor, was capsized and the
captain and two sailors were drowned.