Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-08-05

BRECkENRIDGE, TgNa Aug. ~. The
weather continues warm and dry Last
Friday and Saturday were the hottest
days OF the season, the thermometer reg
istcrlng 1903 in the shade. We lave had
10 rain here for about eight weeks. Cot
ton Is needing it badly.
The Mnryland Cyclone.
BALTIMORE, Mn, Aug. Advlces
from various points in the state show the
storm of yesterday to have been the most
disastrous that ever visited this section.
The cyclone swept n path two hundred
yards in width, Through Cecil county
houses, mills and bridges were carried
away. Trees were blown half Il mile, aud
a large freight train with all It's brakes
down was blown u mile along the tracks
Two men were badly injured by being
struck with the flying debris.
Through the Middleton valley there
were heavy damages reported The loss
throughout the state i roughly estimated
at sl50,00O and may be considerably
lurgcr.
The Cyclone IN New Jersey.
CAMDEN, \. D., Aug. 4.-McsSrs John
dialogue 4 Co., of Camden, whose works
were destroyed byyestcrday'S storm, say
Looking out of the door upon the river
saw Il tornado approaching. could see
the building of the Pennsylvania Salt
works going off like chaf. Then the storm
struck the Major Rlbold, which
was partially abreast of my place.
Portions of her upper works were
whirled into the air fully 100 feet, \
tremendous wind preceded it, The
moving sky rcscmblcd dense mass
of rolling black smoke aud il Travelled
within ten feet Of the surface OF the
water in the river. \ singular phcnomc-
non was noticed not only by myself but
by others; this was huge ball OF lire
fully ten feet in diameter which
swiftly accompanied the storm
cloud Nilcr playing sad havoc
with my establishment saw the
bah of fire explode about 80 yards
north OF me with a report SO terrific as 10
shake the foundation of the building
Following this came number of cNplo-
>lons of less force. All the SKY to the east
ward was unusually bright and had sort
of rainbow appearance. In fact, this was
one Of the most remarkable sights of the
kind had ever seen. II was the ball of
fire which exploded, | am satisfied, that
played the mischief with the American
Dredging company'> places.
Short 4 llorb's mill was completely
wrecked There were about eighty pco-
pie employed in the mill, most of them
young girls, and the effect was To- throw
them into u panic. \ large number
jumped from the sccond-story windows
and were only slightly injured, while
others were hurled TO the ground with
the falling walls and were struck by pieces
of flying timber and bricks. Before the
storm the air was filled with flying debris
and the people fed IN terror to their
cellars. The cyclone lasted be-
tween four aud tive minutes and was
marked with terrific puffs and rolls.
II is Il singular fact that the hat-roofed
house suffered the most. There was
hardly nm instance where II manSard-
rooted building was wrecked. rlLe shade
trees We're moved down like platoons OF
soldiers ON Il battlefield. Great monster
trees that had stood the storms of years
We're upruotcd or broken off like pipe
stems The ecccutriciticS OF the wind
could be seen On every side. Buildings
which it would seem that an ordinary
storm would demulisI and which were i'm
the direct path of the storm, were spared,
while their ncighbors' larger structures
of brick would he damaged or wrecked
outright