Democratic messenger., 1888-08-25
A BIG STORM.
Kent County Gets the Worst Of
it.-Several Lives Lost.

Although the wind blew very fresh
around Snow Hill on Thursday evening
last, yet It appears We were treated to only
a gentle zephyr In comparison to the gale
which passed up the Shore and through
Delaware. Capt. Wilson reported on his
return trip here Wednesday that 1t was
regular "snorter' but he made the steam.
er Tangier keep her nose into II while
other steamers sought harbor; the boat
rolled pretty bad and "Ncw York was
the cry while the walters held ON to the
piano to keep It from turning over
The following account from the Whining
ton Escnnig Journal gives an account OF
the storm up the Shore:
"Four water spou,s burst over Chcsa-
pcake bay Wednesday. The remarkable
meteorological phenomenon was accompa'
nie,. by tall columns of black clouds NOV
ing In rapid rotation, the saynt their ba-
SEES being violently agi.N and hcaped
up with lcaping o motion, and
the water beinp stiy carried up in
large st THE funnel-shapcd
clouJ "a 10 descend near the mouth
of 3'atapsco river and pass up the bay
W ygPoolc's Island and Worton's point
s6llowing Elk river over Chesapeake City
| and thence into Deleware. Several small
vessels were capsizcd On shore the wind
played curious tricks, oyerturning build
ings, lcvcling fences and picking up horses
and vehicles and carrying them hundreds
ofyarls. Damages are reported from diff
ierent parts of the State. Baltimore city
was visited by rain storm, in which the
wind reached velocity of twenty-five
miles an hour, but did no damage.
"Thc steamer Louise OF the Colchester
line, arrived at her wharf at S.45 p. M.
The officers reported that while at the
wharf at Colchester they noticed pecu.
liar looking cloud hanging about North
Point. At 4.30 the cloud assumed an inky
appearance. Hanging from lis centre
could bc seen tcat which slowly began
to lengthcn ont until it reached the water
when grand spectacle followed. The
water was seen to rise in a volume assum-
ing the shape of funnel, gradually draw
ing TO point. The spout looked GO feet
| In circumference and reached out OF sight.
The volume moved rapidly southwest
with the wind, which drove II up the bay,
toward Poole's Island, o2er which Il seem
cd to pass. AT Rock Creek, Kent county,
Md, and its vicinity the storm seems z
have been unusually severe. 7. A. FL
good superintendent of the steamer Jghn-
on, describes the storm as rcgrlsr tor
! iynado. He said: We reached N View
on Rock Creek abou, Iao "a on our
way up we were meet ,Ssides by ev-
licences of great ..,on. On reach
'ur the wha'< "A the people greatly,
ysrs Of all kinds were a
4. from reliable source of ten
,,nouses which were three houses
e;ca, ca'-Ngeks. two houses o'.sr,
wiz. 4..srh,et
&5edESy Oliver i" nliams.
T% sgh ofRock Creek we passed n
large piingy capsized, with spars above
water. There was also boat which
looked like n sloop. II was capsizcd
to the east Of Fort Carroll. There were
four distinct water spouts, one travelling
due east towards North Point and three
going northward. The volume OF water
N:as thrown out of sight, leaving dark
,oky track. 4 horse and cart loaded
'.cantcloupes were picked up and car
10. rls at the mouth of Rock creek.
l4-law,fa : r',are was no damage
the horse; sN. our hon
travelled in path ABOUT one mile wide,
and its course on land was plainly desig-
mated by uprootcd trees and demolished
buildings and fences"
AT Still Pond, town in Kent, it wreck.
cd George 5. Krebbs's cannery, killing
nine persons and injuring AS many more.
4 special dispatch to the Morning News
says that the injured and dead are rs fol-
lows: One family, c,unknown, con-
ssting of mother. son, the sons wife and
two children; widow, name unknown;
Charles Schwarizenberg Charles Bierk-
amp, Mrs. Charles Bierkamp: an unknown
man is dying. The injured are are
Frank SefTcring. leg and arm broken;Mrs.
Frank SciTcring. foot broken. \ number
Of others were more or less crippled. The
ruins OF the factory caught fire, but were
put out after har d work before any one
was burned Out OF probably thirty per.
sons in the building, but three or four es-
capped uninJured.