The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-08-08
A GREAT WIND STORM HERE.
A Terrible Cyclone in Cecil-Mcn Blown
Through the Air and Houses De
noIishcd.

| moIishcd.
The greatest wind and rain storms
| that ever visited this section came down
on us last Monday afternoon, when
in the midst of fall of rain, a genuine
tornado or cyclone appeared in Elk
Neck. It's track was about one hundred
yards wide and it travelled in ZigZag
course its general direction being west
of north. It's line of travel, until it
crossed the Pennsylvania line near Lewis
vile, is marked with unroo(ed and de-
molished buildings, wrecked orchards,
destroyed crops and confusion generally.
Those who witnessed it say that the APP
proach Of the cyclone was proceeded by
rushing noise, resembling the rapid pass
ing of Il heavy train of cars. The first in
dication we had here of the tornado was on
the North East road, about a mile and
half west of town on the Thomas Dren-
men farm. The corn crop was entirely
destroyed the stack-yard strewed in
all directions, and much of the fencing on
the place blown down. On the W. j.
Jones farm, tenanted by Fred Racine, the
orchard was blown down and crops and
fences badly wrecked. The wreck there
was unprecedented. On the Rev. V. Smith
farm, tenanted by James Clark, the stack
yard was blown down and the grain badly
scattered. At ThOS. Il. Lincoln'S barn
was blown down and the crops on the place
L.. 7 p,l
erts farm tenanted by Vim. Roberts, the
destruction was also very great, trees,
fences and crops being badly wrecked.
The force of the tempest seemed to centre
in the vicinity of New Leeds and the great
est devastations of property took place near
this point. The Wilma flour mills formerly
Mackali's) of Mr.. Daniel Harvey were en-
tirely demolished, only the basement or
cellar walls remaining. The large barn on
the same property was blown down and
completely destroyed. The large wilma
mansion, now occupied by Daniel Harvey
Jr., a substantial stone structure sur
iounded by beautiful grove of old forest
rees, only of which two or three are left.
Arthur Harvey and the miller heard the
storm coming, and took refuge in the lower
story of the mill just in time to escape be
ing caught in the falling structure and
probably killed. The destruction of the
crops, fences, &c, on both the home and
wilma farms was also very great. The
farm of VIM. Harvey, adjoining, was not
greatly damaged. Some of the buildings
on the farm of DR.. Justus Dunott, close by
Wilma, were unroofed. y train of six or
seven cars on the new Baltimore and Ohio
railroad was blown along the track for
about three hundred yards, notwithstand-
ing the brakes were screwed down as hard
as possible. The hands on the cars jumped
off and grasped the rails on tie track to
keep from being blown away.
At Marley mill, just aoove wilma, the
destruction was immense. The appearance
of things after the boiler explosion of a few
years ago, bad as it was, is not to be COM
pared to the wrecked condition it now pre-
sents. The cyclone tore the roofs from
every building except the machine room,
and all the different parts of the mills are
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entirely unroofed; the two smokestacks
Gone OF them one hundred feet high) are
blown over, or ratheI torn to pieces; the
chemical building torn from its foundation
and blown entirely away; the large stables
and barn demolished; blacksmith shop I'M
rooted and the large wagons turned upside
down. Mr.. Geo. Burns barn was demol-
ished and the jaw bone of his highly valued
horse fractured.
John Doud and Samuel Ferguson miracu-
lousy escaped losing their lives, the bricks
of the falling smokestachs and the debris
of the boiler room falling on and burying
them eight or ten feet under the ruins.
John Doud was buried beneath the debris.
Sam Ferguson was covered all but his head
and shoulders. \ force of men went
heartily to work and rescued them from
their truly perilous situation. They We're
badly cut and bruised about the head and
body but, fortunately, not seriously in
Jured. DrS. Carter and Whitaker were
summoned and gave them the proper medi-
cal attention. Henry Brown, colored
team driver, was blown clear and clean
over his mule team, and notw Outstanding
was not injured.
Leaving Marley, the storm took a north
easterly course. At John Moore's the
chimney of his residence was hurled down,
the porches torn away and the windows
blown In. The spring house was wrecked;
his apple and peach orchards entirely de-
stroyed; part of the roof of the barn torn
away and all the small outbuildings de-
Inolished. At Alfred Ferguson's one lower
leaving the second story overhanging I'M
injured. At David S. Moore's the summer
kitchen adjoining the house was demol-
ished and the apple orchard greatly dam
aged. At Jas z. Scott's, about half mile
north of Cherry Hill, the stackyard was
blown down and the orchard largely do
stroyed.
The storm now took norther,y course,
and passed directly over the farm of Daniel
Arbuckle, almott leaving him without an
outbuilding-c carrying away the granary,
carriage house and a number of other large
OutDulluiuSo. Liz pOICu Was DlOWu lIOu
the main residence; the window shutters,
closed and fastened, torn away, and frame
structure attached to the house and used as
| a summer room, was lifted from its founda-
ton and carried a considerable distance
througi. the air and demolished. His large
orchards were destroyed, the trees in some
instances being lifted from the ground and
hurled fifty feet from their original
SITES Mr. Arbuckle, himself narrowly es-
capped serious injury. His grandson re-
ceived some bruises about the face.
Continuing in a straight line towards
Pennsylvania the cyclone in its coIirs
struck respectively the properties of Ed
ward Robinson Isaac Strahorn and A II,
and Edward Strahorn doing more or less
damage, in the destruction of crops and
fences to each, and it is thought that this is
the same storm that struck Philadelphia
later in the evening.
RIEL SENTENCED TO DEATH.
To Prays Fervcntly As tho Jury Come y
With Their Verdict.