Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-06-30
e;;r.riGanc in baltimore.

\ r;Gic1t wind, hail aud rain Storm visited
Ba!tmcya On Saturday loipE great damage TO
property, uIro2Gug and otherwise lrjuilag 4
Eu7drGG tuiliioGs or more, b'om!1g Go'n signs
ali awnings sUl chimneys. Snd causing G:ca;
destruction aloug tho wharVcs aud exposed
ssu.hcrn Boundary. Fortunately 10 lives were
lost, other Irail enc by the ncideotal capsz ng
Of I: boa: but &crcra! p@Is0ns were pa!nluiiy Ill
iurcG in one way or another, and there Vcic
EanY narrow escapes. The force Ct The aiGr0i
vas aisn felt in tie harbor, and the shipping
srF:rtd severely. The steamer Arrowstnlth @aa
sirucs by the storm, while al her wharf abtu!
10 start fjr 1i7oii, and The smokestGck IVES
blcwn with such vi0lc5ca that It entered the
cabling of arO!bcr stLam.r laying alcDg5Ce,
cruising urcat CONSERVATION, hE. no lrJlry TO
iddiri,!uala. 4 yGw,b1at ir0ul the George Law
vas ti!tcI into tEo air i;om tho hurricane deck
errI carried sc-o;s thu 9etk Of the steamers
Arrogsn,iih ard rcntz, and dropped toto thc
waler several piers distant. Tho steamer Louise
was ,urn from her noorlDS7 and blown 10 40:
other wharf whore she was caught and !assc2cd
vi,cu. further irlu!y.
Tie fuIl !ury Ct .hc STERN seemed 10 b.
srept IN the central aud bu,i0ess :loIticn 81 the
Gle. Ntr,h cl Wtst Baltimore street 90
damage vas doac, while all along Pratt street,
from li2bt street TO the falls, AID 10 ;hc terri
tory bounded by Pratt, Light and baltimore
streets sad thc falls few bulldogs CT apy 81: o:
c,rsfoucrc. ia the Inc Of march taken by
the e;crfn escaped. o. Pratt street. 1t tho loot
Ct Soa,h street, the sccno would laVo been
!uiiorouS II it h.d rot been for tho element Of
danger, Tic street was crowded With wagons,
which were turned completely over aud 10 Inc
plouertary iarkucss there vas Duoh disorder
and Confusion amongst the oWDcrs. EIp:y
flower barrels were sect Through the air like
paper balloons The contents oil l:ult stants dig
snna.rcd as quickly 81 "propcr!its" in pau-
,oniuic, ami u largo shove isa filled With knv:s
and reviewers vas cleaned out as clfao!us!!y %
il could have bcen Hy baud CT revo1:lnn!s;s.
Tie Gyc story iuiltiag Owned By the J0hLs
ilousins estate, fronting Gu Pratt street, from
Ei,ico,t to Light street, was badly daTagcdi Its
tin roo! vas lifted from enc end to the oIhsr
and = norton tf il, with raitcrs, deposited 10
the centre of Light street, opposite Balderston
street. O.hcr fragments OF tho building were
dcrositcd 90 houses on the west slda OF Light
street, 1niEo huge rslter broke tho skyIisht
Ct Il. Sinclair l. Co. warehouse aod brought
shower o! bricks down toto the caunting rom
The corner Of President aud EsEn streets
ar:ur the storm exhibit most s'rklog features.
Tho roof aud upper s'ciy Of tho balilmcrc
Rigct and Spike Works appeared to have been
lifted bodily AID buried ssa!Dst an aeJ3ufo;ug
building, filling TO the ground io PAS OF luus.
The chemical works Of Michael DorsaS, 90
E;s;cfn aveauc, iuat beyond the cl'y limits.
lsrga frame tuIciag vas tlcwu c9wn. The
rachincry vas broken AID The vata, con!a!r-
ior oil Of 7i.rcI, burst. A?adiaa tn" whole street
With the Dangerous nqutd.
In The track Ct IN. stGtrI The 5'f@tiS Wt:e
Gs!ug.fi with w.ic:. aad IL the vicIHl'y OF The
custom house and Ms!y!sud destitute large
uus:her G! t1,ltngs. b=I%tcu fry aid l'!y,
irc!rGpr warehouses aad stores. were unroo.cd.
Besides tic destruction CT roits, large pate
glass siutog. we're bio9n aut and destroyed.
The damage will probably reach $50. 900. lie
Track # the s.cru! YES not moro :han quarter
OF & uie eide, SID It's fury vas spcrt before II
rec chcd the eastern couiccs ntttc city. In The
northwestern sec.iuu lhcro was d1i5 u lsht
shower Of rain, wtIloa: who'd, aad 10 the north
ea=ter1 tec:iop Only heavy rain Of lev Nit
utes duration.