The Portland daily press., 1888-08-23
WRECKED BY TORNADO AND FLOOD.
Elements WagIng Fierce Battle
Along the Atlantic Coast.
Nine Persons Killed In the Ruins of
a Canning Factory.
People Driven from Their Homes and
Trains stopped In Boston.

BALTIMORE, Md, Aug pa special from
Still Pond, Kent county, gives particulars Of
the cyclone yesterday. The large frame
canning establishment of Black & kiefs was
struck at about half past four and completely
demolished. One hundred men. women and
children were at work, and in their efforts to
escape nine were killed outright and three
dangerously hurt. A number were slightly
injured by falling timbers. The employees of
the packing house were Bohemians and Ger
mans, who live in Baltimore and work all
the summer in the country. The storm de-
molished many houses and barns, and swept
clear all the orchards In the vicinity. The
dwelling Of William Willis was crushed like
an egg shell, and Willis was fatally injured.
The storm came from the southwest, and
swept across the State diagonally, in tract
about two miles wide. On the west side Of
Chesapeake Bay there was considerable
damage farm houses and barns being
crushed, and growing crops swept away.
Floods In Boston
BosToN, Aug. 22.-The heavy rain did
great damage in this city. Streets were bad
ly washed and buildings flooded. The New
York and New England tunnel was filed
ing travel and dong c0nsiu1i us.sss.-s s.,
railroad property. Stony Brook oyerfowed
its banks, and people in many of the neigh
boring tenement houses were driven out by
found a man named Crane and his three
small children in a bed which was floating in
seven feet of water. Crane was drunk, and
the helpless children were In state OF terror
and other coast towns, many small craft
were wrecked.
A Cyclone In Delaware.
WILMINGTON, Del, Aug. ga terrific
cyclone, or waterspout, or combination Of
both, wrought terrible havoc in this vicinity
about 5.45 O'Clock last evening. At least
$4,000 worth of property must have been
destroyed in this neighborhood. Five per-
sons are known to have been killed and sew
en- seriously wounded, while large number
were more or less injured. The killed are
Theodore Bruce, blacksmith; William
Walker, employed by Neblo Bros, iron
works; Joseph Collins, Samuel Petit and
Charles johnson, all Of Penn's Grove, N. j.,
who were drowned while sailing up the river
to Wilmington. The most seriously injured
are William Turner, his wife and daughter.
Caleb Davis, his wife and three children,
Maggie and Grace Wilson, Mrs. David LeutZ
Charles Cathcart's three-years-old child,
James McNeif, Charles Cathcart and two
children named Foster.
Great damage was done by the floods in
the region around Pittsburg, Pa.
A terrific storm ragged at Chattanooga,
Tenn, Wednesday. The water fell in tor
rents and the wind blew down large lot of
timber on Lookout mountain. Several land
slides are reported on the different railroads
and as a result all trains are delayed.
A heavy rain fell at Easton, Pa, Wednes-
day, and great damage to roads, buildings
and railroads is reported.
Rough Weather at Bar Harbor.
BAR HARBoR, Aug. 22-Last nights storm
was one Of the seyerest known here for
years. The sea was very rough. Steamer
Olivette had tempestuous trip, and arrived
three hours late. The wind was too high to
allow her to moor at her wharf, which could
not stand the strain, and the passengers
were taken to and from the shore ON the Sill
yer Star The Mount Desert was two hours
late, and the Richmond is nearly five hours
behind